Rasmus Tikkanen
{{Short description|Finnish footballer (born 2007)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rasmus Tikkanen
| image =
| fullname =
| height = 1.67m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2007|5|10}}
| birth_place = Finland
| position = Left back
| currentclub = KuPS
| clubnumber = 32
| youthclubs1 = PK-37
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs2 = KuPS
| years1 = 2023
| clubs1 = PK-37
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = KuPS II
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = KuPS
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 1
| club-update = 28 April 2025
}}
Rasmus Tikkanen (born 10 May 2007) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a left back for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.
Career
Tikkanen has played for youth sectors of Pallo-Kerho 37 and Kuopion Palloseura. He made his senior debut with PK-37 in 2023 in fourth-tier Kolmonen.[https://www.pk-37.fi/joukkueet/11348/uutiset/134818/rasmus-tikkanen-valittiin-mukaan-uefa-a-malliryhmaleirille Rasmus Tikkanen valittiin mukaan UEFA A-malliryhmäleirille], pk-37.fi, 1 July 2023 Next season he played for KuPS reserve team in third-tier Ykkönen.
On 6 February 2025, Tikkanen signed a professional contract with KuPS.[https://kups.fi/kups-ja-rasmus-tikkanen-pelaajasopimukseen/ KuPS ja Rasmus Tikkanen pelaajasopimukseen], kups.fi, 6 February 2025 Tikkanen made five appearances for KuPS first team in Finnish League Cup in 2025, providing three assists in total, and debuted in Veikkausliiga on 12 April, as a starting left-back in a 1–0 home win against AC Oulu.[https://www.savonsanomat.fi/urheilu/8441706 Palloseura kaatoi kotiavauksessaan niukasti AC Oulun], Savon Sanomat, 12 April 2025[https://www.savonsanomat.fi/urheilu/8441522 Tuore KuPS-tulokas tekee Veikkausliigadebyyttinsä lauantai-illan ottelussa], Savon Sanomat, 11 April 2025 One week later, Tikkanen scored the winning goal in a 1–0 home win over FF Jaro, with his first Veikkausliiga goal.[https://www.ess.fi/urheilu/8462192 Teini-ikäinen Rasmus Tikkanen laukoi KuPSin voittoon Jarosta], Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 19 April 2025
Career statistics
{{updated|28 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| PK-37
|2023 |14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 17 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=3|KuPS Akatemia
|2024 |14 | 2 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2025
|Ykkönen |1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| KuPS
|2025 |3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|966294}}
- [https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/248119/player/seasons Rasmus Tikkanen] stats at Football Association of Finland
{{KuPS squad}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tikkanen, Rasmus}}
Category:People from North Savo
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Veikkausliiga players