Roni Peiponen (9 April 1997 – November/December 2022) was a Finnish professional

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who played as a

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. He retired in July 2020.

Club career

Molde

In November 2015, Peiponen moved from

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history ...

to Norwegian side

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on a three-and-a-half year contract. On 1 April 2016, he was loaned to

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on loan from Molde. Following a successful loan spell at Åsane, he headed back to HJK Helsinki on loan until November 2017. Peiponen retired from professional football aged 23 in July 2020 after dealing with persistent injuries. However, he returned to the sport in 2022.

Personal life and death

In 2020, Peiponen revealed that he had fallen ill with depression and took medication for sleep problems. On 1 December 2022, it was announced that Peiponen had died at the age of 25.

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Roni Peiponen at HJK Helsinki
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peiponen, Roni 1997 births 2022 deaths People from Kuopio Sportspeople from North Savo Finnish footballers Association football fullbacks Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Molde FK players Åsane Fotball players Finnish expatriate footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in Norway