Janne-Pekka Mäkelä (born 23 July 1971) is a Finnish former

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 lea ...

. Mäkelä played 12 seasons in the Finnish premier division

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

. 1996–1997 he played 8 matches for

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in the

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. Mäkelä capped 20 times for the Finland national team.World Football
Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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Haka *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Ilves *

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

References

1971 births Footballers from Tampere Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Veikkausliiga players Ilves (football) players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players FinnPa players FC Jazz players FC Haka players FC Lahti players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Football League players St Mirren F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Living people Men's association football defenders Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Tampereen Peli-Pojat-70 players Ilves (football) non-playing staff {{Finland-footy-defender-stub