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Jokke Kangaskorpi (2 March 1972 – 1 May 2009) was a Finnish 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 lea ...
who played as a winger. He played for the Finnish clubs
MP Mikkeli Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen, the third tier in Finnish football league system. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice hoc ...
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FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. ...
, TPV and KTP making 244
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appearances. With FC Haka he became Finnish league champion in
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. He also played for
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, and
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in Sweden, and was capped 11 times for
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1972 births 2009 deaths Men's association football wingers Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's international footballers Mikkelin Palloilijat players FC Haka players Gefle IF players Tampereen Pallo-Veikot players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Veikkausliiga players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Footballers from Mikkeli Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Lira BK players {{Finland-footy-forward-stub