Kaarlo Rantanen

Kaarlo Rantanen
Kaarlo Rantanen in portrait
Personnel
birthday	December 14, 1988
place of birth	Tampere ,  Finland
size	178 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
	Tampereen Ilves
	Lahden Reipas
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2009	FC Lahti	19 0(0)
2007	→  FC City Stars  (loan)	6 0(0)
2008	→ FC City Stars (loan)	18 0(3)
2009	→  FC Hämeenlinna  (loan)	4 0(1)
2010	MFK Topvar Topoľčany
2010	Tampereen Ilves	3 0(0)
2011	JK Nõmme Kalju	16 0(2)
2012–	FC Kuusysi	22 (11)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Finland U-19	6 (0)
	Finland U-20	2 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of April 17, 2013

Kaarlo Rantanen (born December 14, 1988 in Tampere ) is a Finnish football player . The midfielder is under contract with FC Kuusysi in Kakkonen , Finland .

Career

Kaarlo Rantanen was born in Tampere, in southwest Finland. As a child he joined the local soccer club Tampereen Ilves before Rantanen went to Lahden Reipas, a club from the city of Lahti . In 2007, FC Lahti became aware of the tech-savvy player and signed him.

At the Veikkausliiga club , however, the midfielder only made a few appearances in three seasons. During his time at FC Lahti, he was loaned to FC Hämeenlinna in the Finnish Second League in 2009 . After two years he left the club for Slovakia, where Rantanen signed with MFK Topvar Topoľčany . After staying below his means there, he went back to his hometown club Tampereen Ilves. For the 2011 season Rantanan signed with JK Nõmme Kalju from Estonia. In 2012 Rantanen returned to Finland and has played for FC Kuusysi ever since.

Web links

• Kaarlo Rantanen in the soccerway.com database
• Kaarlo Rantanen in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Viime hetken pelaajasiirto ilvesedustus.com (Finnish)
2. ↑ Kaarlo Rantanen Ilvekseen 957.fi (Finnish)
3. ↑ Kalju sõlmis lepingu soomlasest keskpoolkaitsjaga jkkalju.ee (Estonian)