Otto Kemppainen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | RoPS | ||
| 2022 | Hellas Verona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | RoPS II | 10 | (1) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 26 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | SJK II | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | SJK | 34 | (2) |
| 2025– | AC Oulu | 16 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | Finland U21 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 October 2023 | |||
Otto Kemppainen (born 27 October 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu and the Finland U21 national team.[1]
Club career
Born in Rovaniemi, Kemppainen started his playing career in Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). After a short stint in Hellas Verona academy in 2022,[2][3][4] Kemppainen signed a professional contract with Veikkausliiga club SJK Seinäjoki on 26 July 2022, on a deal until the end of 2024.[5]
On 4 November 2024, Kemppainen signed with AC Oulu in Veikkausliiga on a two-year deal with a one-year option.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 26 February 2025[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPS II | 2020 | Kakkonen | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| SJK | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 74 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
- ↑ "Otto Kemppainen: "Ammattimaisessa ympäristössä on kiva tehdä hommia"". Finnish FA (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ Virtanen, Ari (4 January 2022). "HS:n tiedot: RoPS:n kasvatti Otto Kemppainen, 18, siirtyy Serie A-seura Hellas Veronaan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ Saukko, Markku (31 January 2022). ""Olen jo näyttänyt, että pysyn mukana" RoPSin nuori kasvatti Otto Kemppainen elää todeksi lapsuuden haavettaan ja pelaa ammattilaisena Italiassa". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ Saukko, Markku (12 July 2022). "Nuoret jalkapalloilijat uuden edessä - Italian kova koulu teki pojista miehiä". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ "Huippulupaava Otto Kemppainen SJK:n riveihin". SJK (in Finnish). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ OTTO KEMPPAINEN AC OULUUN, acoulu.fi, 4 November 2024
- ↑ Otto Kemppainen, stats at Finnish FA
External links
- Otto Kemppainen at Soccerway
- Otto Kemppainen at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- SJK Akatemia players
- Ykkösliiga players
- AC Oulu players
- Footballers from Rovaniemi