Valeri Minkenen (born 9 April 1989) is a Finnish retired professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
.
Early life and career
Minkenen was born in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, and he is of
Ingrian Finnish
The Ingrians ( fi, inkeriläiset, ; russian: Ингерманландцы, translit=Ingermanlandts'i), sometimes called Ingrian Finns, are the Finnish population of Ingria (now the central part of Leningrad Oblast in Russia), descending from Lut ...
descent. He has played in Finland and Estonia for
AC Oulu
AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing ...
,
FC Haka
FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...
,
FC Flora Tallinn
FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium.
Fo ...
and
KTP.
References
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1989 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
AC Oulu players
FC Haka players
FC Flora players
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
Klubi 04 players
Veikkausliiga players
Meistriliiga players
Men's association football midfielders
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
People of Ingrian Finnish descent
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