Petteri Pennanen (born 19 September 1990) is a

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football player who plays as a

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for

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Club career

A product of local

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

, Pennanen made his senior début on 29 April 2007, aged 16, against VIFK. A month later, he was a starter against PK-35. That season he appeared in 13 first-team matches. In February 2009 Pennanen signed a two-year contract with the

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team

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along with teammate

Tuomas Rannankari Tuomas Rannankari (born 21 May 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who most recently played Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Club career Rannankari came through the youth system at KuPS. He made his first team debut in the 2009 season, durin ...

. After not making a single appearance for the Twente's first-team, Pennanen left the Dutch champions during winter 2011 and signed with TPS. He signed with

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before the 2014 season. On 14 January 2020, Pennanen left

and signed a contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club

Persikabo 1973 Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kabupaten Bogor 1973, commonly known as Persikabo 1973, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Bogor Regency, West Java, that competes in Liga 1. History This club started from an initiative to par ...

. In 2021, Pennanen joined

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side

Sacramento Republic Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, th ...

. Pennanen was released by Sacramento following the 2021 season. On 14 December 2021, he signed a three-year contract with

Honours

Individual *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

Midfielder of the Year:

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Team of the Year:

References

External links

Profile at RoPS
* * 1990 births Living people Finnish footballers Finland youth international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers Finland international footballers Association football midfielders Kuopion Palloseura players FC Twente players Turun Palloseura footballers Rovaniemen Palloseura players Miedź Legnica players Persikabo 1973 players Sacramento Republic FC players FC Ilves players Veikkausliiga players I liga players Indonesian Super League players USL Championship players Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Poland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States People from Kuopio Sportspeople from North Savo {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub