Veera Kauppi
Belgian footballer (born 1997)
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| National team | Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27) Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Floorball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Swedish Super League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Thorengruppen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Veera Kauppi (born 19 July 1997) is a Finnish floorball player and former footballer.
Life and career
Kauppi was born on 16 July 1997 in Tampere, Finland. She started playing football and floorball at a young age. She is the sister of Finnish floorball player Oona Kauppi.[1]
She is regarded as one of the world's most prominent floorball players.[2] She has been awarded the Best Female Floorball Player in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023.[3] Since 2018 she has been playing in Sweden,[4] first for IKSU and since 2020 for Team Thorengruppen.[5]
She is a Finland floorball international. She helped the Finland women's national floorball team achieve second place at the four Women's World Floorball Championships, in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. She was also a Finland youth floorball international. She helped the Finland women's national under-19 floorball team achieve second place at the 2014 and 2016 Under-19 World Floorball Championships.
Kauppi previously played football. She is the top point scorer of the Finland women's national floorball team. In 2015, she signed for Finnish football side Ilves. She made nine league appearances and scored five goals for the club. She was also a Finland football youth international. She mainly operated as a midfielder. She also operated as a striker.
References
- ^ "Maailman paras naispelaaja saa asunnon, auton ja vessapaperit – ruotsalaiset hullaantuivat suomalaiskaksosista: "Sairasta, miten hyviä he ovat"". yle.fi.
- ^ "Veera Kauppi valittiin vuosi sitten maailman parhaaksi – nyt hän dominoi Ruotsissa ja on siskonsa Oonan kanssa lajinsa harvinaisuus". hs.fi.
- ^ "Veera Kauppi världens bästa innebandyspelare 2023". Innebandymagazinet. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Veera Kauppi första ord om Zug-uppgifterna". expressen.se.
- ^ "Innebandy: Tvillingsystrarna Kauppi klara för nykomlingen". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
