Mika Lipponen (born 9 May 1964) is a Finnish former

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Playing career

Lipponen played in Finland for

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, in Spain for

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, in the Netherlands for

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and BVO Emmen, and in Switzerland for

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. He also played for the Finnish national side.

Later career

After working as a

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for

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for 20 years, in December 2020 he began scouting for PSV.

Career statistics

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1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaarina Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finland men's international footballers FC Twente players Turun Palloseura footballers RCD Mallorca players FC Aarau players Eredivisie players Men's association football forwards Association football scouts Feyenoord non-playing staff PSV Eindhoven non-playing staff Mestaruussarja players Footballers from Southwest Finland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Veikkausliiga players Eerste Divisie players Segunda División players Swiss Super League players 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-footy-forward-stub