Jouko Suomalainen (born 8 April 1949) 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 ...

who played as a

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. He made 48 appearances for the Finland national team from 1970 to 1978. At club level he played for

Kuopion Palloseura Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium. KuPS ha ...

Kuopion Pallotoverit Koparit (originally Kuopion Pallotoverit, or KPT for short) was a football club from Kuopio, Finland. It was founded in 1931 and disbanded in 1990. The club played a total of 21 seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja between 1938 ...

and

Kuopion Elo Kuopion Elo (originally Männistön Elo) is a football club from Kuopio, Finland. In 2023, they compete in Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football. Elo is the oldest existing football club from Kuopio. History Kuopion Elo was founded as M ...

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* 1949 births Living people Footballers from Kuopio Finnish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Finland men's international footballers Kuopion Palloseura players Koparit players 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Elo Kuopio players {{Finland-footy-bio-stub