Otto Kemppainen (born 27 October 2003) is 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 plays as a defender for

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 ...

club

AC Oulu AC Oulu is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu, currently playing in Finland's premier division, ''Veikkausliiga''. Formed in 2002, the club have played six seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons ...

and the Finland U21 national team.

Club career

Born in

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...

, Kemppainen started his playing career in

Rovaniemen Palloseura Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

(RoPS). After a short stint in

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

academy in 2022, Kemppainen signed a professional contract with

club

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on 26 July 2022, on a deal until the end of 2024. On 4 November 2024, Kemppainen signed with

in Veikkausliiga on a two-year deal with a one-year option.

Career statistics

Otto Kemppainen
stats at Finnish FA

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemppainen, Otto 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