Peter Kopteff (born 10 April 1979) is a

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former

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who played in the position of left winger.

Club career

Kopteff was born in

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and began his career with

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and

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before moving to Norway with

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. He spent four years at

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making over 100

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appearances. Whilst at Viking he scored one of the goals as they famously defeated

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in the

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in 2002. He joined English club

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in December 2005. Kopteff failed to make any impact at Stoke making nine appearances in 2005–06 and was released at the end of the season. He then joined Dutch side

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

where he spent two years and on 31 August 2008 Kopteff signed a short-term contract to play for Aalesund for the remainder of the 2008 season. The contract was later extended for the 2009 season at the end of which he decided to retire.

International career

Kopteff used to be a regular squad member of the

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. Due to his lack of first-team football caused by an injury during his second season in Utrecht, he has not played international football since 2007, only limiting him to occasional call-ups. He has been capped 39 times and scored once. He was recalled to the national team in April 2009 against Norway.

Career statistics

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References

External links

Voetbal international profile

Guardian Football
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kopteff, Peter 1979 births Living people Eredivisie players FC Utrecht players Finland international footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Finnish footballers Association football wingers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Footballers from Helsinki Stoke City F.C. players Viking FK players FC Jazz players Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players Finnish people of Hungarian descent English Football League players