Rami Nieminen (born 25 February 1966) is a Finnish former

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. He is the most capped player in Finnish top divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. Nieminen played 19 seasons and 459 matches from 1985 to 1989 and 1991 to 2004 for

FC Jazz FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ). History PPT 1934–1991 FC Jazz was established in 1934 as ...

(previously known as PPT), FC Haka and

FC Jokerit FC Jokerit was a Finnish professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. History It was founded in 1999. The club was known for its wild supporters, 116% Boys, and for its owner, Hjallis Harkimo who is also the owner of Jokerit, an ice ...

.Veikkausliiga player statistics
(in Finnish) After his professional career Nieminen worked several years as a

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for

FC PoPa Porin Palloilijat or FC PoPa is a Finnish football club, based in the city of Pori in Finland. The club currently plays in the Ykkönen (First Division), the second highest level of Finnish football . The club was established in 1925 but did no ...

Honours

*Finnish championship:

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nieminen, Rami 1966 births Finnish footballers Finland international footballers Veikkausliiga players FC Jazz players FC Jokerit players FC Haka players Living people Association football defenders Footballers from Tampere