Jokke Kangaskorpi

Jokke Kangaskorpi
Personal information
Date of birth	2 March 1972
Place of birth	Mikkeli, Finland
Date of death	1 May 2009 (aged 37)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1994	Mikkelin Palloilijat
1995–1996	Haka
1997	Lira Luleå BK
1998	FC Mikkeli
1998	Gefle IF
1999	IFK Gävle
1999	Tampereen Pallo-Veikot
1999	FC Mikkeli
2000	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat
2001–2006	MP Mikkeli
International career
1994–1996	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jokke Kangaskorpi (2 March 1972 – 1 May 2009) was a Finnish professional footballer who played as a winger.^[1]^[2]

He played for the Finnish clubs MP Mikkeli, FC Haka, TPV and KTP making 244 Veikkausliiga appearances. With FC Haka he became Finnish league champion in 1995.^[3]^[4] He also played for Gefle IF, Lira Luleå BK, and IFK Gävle in Sweden, and was capped 11 times for Finland.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Jokke Kangaskorpi at National-Football-Teams.com
^ ^a ^b Jokke Kangaskorpi at WorldFootball.net
^ "Huippupalloilija menehtyi vappuna 37-vuotiaana" [The top ball player died on 1 May at the age of 37]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Jokke Kangaskorpi är borta" [Jokke Kangaskorpi is gone]. svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Jokke Kangaskorpi on poissa" [Jokke Kangaskorpi is gone]. Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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