Tuomas Rannankari
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 May 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2008 | KuPS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | KuPS | 13 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Twente | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Greuther Fürth II | 31 | (1) |
2013–2017 | KuPS | 113 | (1) |
2018 | Ilves | 19 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Finland U-17 | 2 | (0) |
2008 | Finland U-18 | 1 | (0) |
2010 | Finland U-19 | 5 | (0) |
2011 | Finland U-21 | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Finland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2013 |
Tuomas Rannankari (born 21 May 1991) is a Finnish former professional footballer who last played for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.
Club career
[edit]Rannankari came through the youth system at KuPS. He made his first team debut in the 2009 season, during which he played 13 league games. He also played six games and scored his first goal in the Finnish League Cup in the same season.
On 22 June 2009, he was signed by FC Twente along with KuPS teammate Petteri Pennanen.[1] A three-year contract was agreed.[2] For the 2010–11 season, he was given squad number 42 but did not feature in any first team games.[3]
In December 2011, he went on trial with Greenock Morton.[4] In July 2012 he signed a contract for SpVgg Greuther Fürth U23 team which plays in Regionalliga (Fourth level). Rannankari played 31 matches and scored one goal but did not earn a place in Fürth's first team.
In July 2013, Rannankari went on trial with Plymouth Argyle.[5]
After five seasons with KuPS in the Veikkausliiga, Rannankari signed a two-year contract with Ilves in November, 2017.[6] He left the club at the end of 2018.[7]
International career
[edit]Rannankari has gained international recognition at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.[8] He played his first game for the Finland under-21s in a 2–3 defeat against the Slovakia under-21s in a March 2011 friendly match.[9][10]
Rannankari made his senior national team debut on 26 May 2012 in 3−2 victory against Turkey.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2024.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KuPS | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2009 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 18 | 1 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
Greuther Fürth II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Bayern | 31 | 1 | – | – | – | 31 | 1 | |||
KuPS | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
2014 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | ||
2015 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 38 | 1 | ||
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | |||
Total | 113 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 3 | ||
KuFu-98 (loan) | 2016 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Ilves | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
Career total | 178 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 222 | 5 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
[edit]- ^ "Rannankari and Pennanen move to Netherlands (Finnish)". KuPS. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2011.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "FC Twente 2009 chronicle (Dutch)". FC Twente. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Tuomas Rannankari profile". ESPN Soccernet. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Morton take Spaniard and Finn on trial". Scottish Television. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ "Tuomas Rannankari Plymouthin testiin". Savon Sanomat. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Tuomas Rannankari isoin odotuksin Ilvekseen". veikkausliiga.com. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Veikkausliigan siirrot talvella 2018-2019, veikkausliiga.com, 23 December 2018
- ^ "International profile: Tuomas Rannankari". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Finland U21 squad vs Slovakia 26 - 28.3.2011". Scissor Kicks from Finland. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "U21s: Laurikaisen options for Malta match (Finnish)". Football Association of Finland. 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Tuomas Rannankari stats, Finnish FA
External links
[edit]- Tuomas Rannankari at Soccerway
- Official FC Twente youth team website (in Dutch)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- FC Twente players
- Ilves (football) players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finland men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Kuopio
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Regionalliga players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth II players