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17 / Finland · 1983–1996Kari Ukkonen
Caps · Finland
59
Goals · Finland
4
Life
1961
Clubs
Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Royal Antwerp, LB Châteauroux
#17
Editorial rank of 33 for Finland
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Finland sent him to the Moscow Olympics as a teenager, and from 1982 he spent fourteen years abroad, an unhurried passer through eleven Belgian seasons who could drop back into libero whenever his country asked. Career record: 59 caps and 4 goals for Finland; club career at Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Royal Antwerp, LB Châteauroux.
Career record
| 1979–1982 | Kuopion Palloseura |
| 1982–1986 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. |
| 1986–1987 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
| 1987–1991 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| 1991–1993 | Royal Antwerp |
| 1993–1996 | LB Châteauroux |
| Finland | 59 caps, 4 goals |
Sources
- Senior international years checked 4 October 2026
- Caps · Finland checked 4 October 2026
- Goals · Finland checked 4 October 2026
Shared the era
Finland legends whose careers overlapped Ukkonen's
Around Ukkonen in the almanac
One rank above: Joonas Kolkka at #16.
One rank below: Mixu Paatelainen at #18.
Finland's editorial top five: Jari Litmanen · Sami Hyypiä · Teemu Pukki · Jussi Jääskeläinen · Lukas Hradecky.