Roni Peiponen

Roni Peiponen
Peiponen in 2015 with Finland U21
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-09)9 April 1997
Place of birth Kuopio, Finland
Date of death November/December 2022 (aged 25)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
–2004 PETO
2005–2014 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Klubi 04 5 (0)
2015 HJK 17 (1)
2015–2017 Molde 0 (0)
2016 → Åsane (loan) 14 (0)
2016 → HJK (loan) 11 (0)
2017 → Klubi 04 (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2020 HJK 22 (1)
2022 MPS 7 (7)
International career
2012 Finland U15 6 (2)
2013 Finland U16 13 (1)
2013 Finland U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Finland U18 18 (2)
2015 Finland U19 8 (1)
2016 Finland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roni Peiponen (9 April 1997 – November/December 2022) was a Finnish professional footballer who played as a right-back. He retired in July 2020.[1]

Club career

Molde

In November 2015, Peiponen moved from HJK Helsinki to Norwegian side Molde FK on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[2] On 1 April 2016, he was loaned to Åsane on loan from Molde.[3] Following a successful loan spell at Åsane, he headed back to HJK Helsinki on loan until November 2017.[4]

Peiponen retired from professional football aged 23 in July 2020 after dealing with persistent injuries. However, he returned to the sport in 2022.[5]

Personal life and death

In 2020, Peiponen revealed that he had fallen ill with depression and took medication for sleep problems.

On 1 December 2022, it was announced that Peiponen had died at the age of 25.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2014 Kakkonen 4 0 — — — 4 0
2015 Kakkonen 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
HJK 2014 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 3 0 — 3 0
2015 Veikkausliiga 17 1 2 0 4 0 3 0 26 1
Total 17 1 2 0 7 0 3 0 29 1
Molde 2016 Tippeligaen 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Åsane (loan) 2016 1. divisjon 14 0 1 0 — — 15 0
HJK (loan) 2016 Veikkausliiga 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Klubi 04 (loan) 2017 Kakkonen 2 0 — — — 2 0
HJK 2018 Veikkausliiga 11 1 1 0 — 2 0 14 1
2019 Veikkausliiga 11 0 4 0 — 0 0 15 0
2020 Veikkausliiga 0 0 1 0 — 4 0 5 0
Total 22 1 6 0 0 0 6 0 34 1
MPS 2022 Kolmonen 7 7 2 1 — — 9 8
Career total 78 9 12 1 7 0 9 0 106 10

References

  1. ^ "HJK:n Roni Peiponen lopettaa pelaajauransa vain 23-vuotiaana". www.yle.fi/ (in Finnish). YLE. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Roni Peiponen siirtyy Norjan pääsarjan Moldeen". www.hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Åsane leier Roni Peiponen". www.moldefk.no/ (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ^ "HJK Helsingfors leier Peiponen". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Roni Peiponen on kuollut 25-vuotiaana". Iltalehti. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ "R.Peiponen". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.