Roope Ranta (born May 23, 1988) is a

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professional

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who currently plays for

SC Riessersee SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberbayern, Germany. They currently play in The Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played in the 2nd Bundeslig ...

of the German second level league

DEL2 DEL2 (also known as DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany, below the ''Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (DEL) and ahead of the '' Oberliga''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct '' 2nd Bundesliga'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, ...

. Before he played mostly in Finland second level league

Mestis Mestis (from fi, Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). ...

Playing career

Roope Ranta started playing hockey in his hometown

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. As a junior, he changed to

Espoo Blues The Espoo Blues were an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They played in Espoo, Finland, at the Espoo Metro Areena. The club went bankrupt at the end of the 2015–16 Liiga season. History The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo ...

a team from Finland highest level league

Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

. He played for this team until 2012 in 75 games (25 points). At this time he was loaned to Finlands second level league

. He played also for

Kiekko-Vantaa Kiekko-Vantaa is an ice hockey team from Vantaa, Finland, playing in the Mestis league. It plays its home games in Trio Areena. Kiekko-Vantaa has been in Mestis since the league started in 2000 and have been in the finals twice, losing both times. ...

and

Jokipojat Joensunn Kiekko-Pojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis. The full name of the club is ''Joensuun Kiekko ry''. It has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971–72 in SM-sarja and ...

. From season 2012-13, he played in the Mestis for Jokipojat,

HC Keski-Uusimaa HC Keski-Uusimaa known as HCK is a Finnish ice hockey team based in Kerava, Finland. The team was founded in 2008 and began play in the Suomi-sarja, the third level of hockey in Finland, before being promoted to the Mestis for the 2012–13 se ...

Lempäälän Kisa Lempäälän Kisa (LeKi) is an ice hockey team from Lempäälä, Finland. They currently compete in the Suomi-sarja. Their home rink is Masku Areena, which currently has a seating capacity of only 900 people. Retired numbers * 5 Vesa Papinsaar ...

and

Mikkelin Jukurit Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (known since 2016 as Ikioma Areena). The team has won 7 Mestis (2nd highest level ...

. He was always one of the Top Scorers in his teams. In 2012-13 Mestis season he was the best assist (34 assists) in the Mestis. In 2015-16 Mestis season he has made the most points in playoffs, was voted for the All-Star game and won the championship with Jukurit. In the 2014-15 season, he played some games for

Sputnik Nizhny Tagil Sputnik Nizhny Tagil is an ice hockey team in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилис ...

in Russian second level hockey league VHL and later for

SV Kaltern SV Kaltern is an ice hockey team in Kaltern, Italy. They play in the Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Ital ...

in the highest level

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hockey league

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before he changed back to Finland in January 2015. For season 2016-17, Ranta changed to Germany's second level league

and has played for

Lausitzer Füchse The Lausitzer Füchse (literally ''Lusatian Foxes'') is a professional ice hockey team based in Weißwasser, Saxony. They currently play in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season they played in the 2nd Bu ...

. Since November 2016 he plays for

in the same league.

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* Living people 1988 births Finnish ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Helsinki Dresdner Eislöwen players Espoo Blues players SV Kaltern players HC Keski-Uusimaa players Mikkelin Jukurit players Kiekko-Vantaa players Jokipojat players SC Langenthal players SC Riessersee players Lausitzer Füchse players Lempäälän Kisa players Löwen Frankfurt players IK Oskarshamn players Sputnik Nizhny Tagil players TuTo players {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub