Veikko Asikainen (18 April 1918 – 14 June 2002) was a Finnish
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 ...
. He earned 56 caps at
international level between 1938 and 1955. He was also part of Finland's squad at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
. At club level Asikainen played for
TPS and
Haka.
Honours
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Finnish Championship: 1939, 1941
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Finnish Cup: 1955
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1918 births
2002 deaths
Finnish men's footballers
Finland men's international footballers
Turun Palloseura footballers
FC Haka players
Footballers from Turku
Olympic footballers for Finland
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's association football midfielders
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