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Aulis Rytkönen

1929 - 2014

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Taavi Aulis Rytkönen (5 January 1929 – 16 April 2014) was a Finnish footballer. He became the country's first professional player when he signed for France's Toulouse FC in 1952. In total Rytkönen spent eight seasons (1952–1960) in France, winning the French Cup in 1957. A forward, he started his career in Finland with KuPS Kuopio in 1945, and after returning from France he worked as player-coach of HJK Helsinki 1960–1966 and as coach 1967–1971. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aulis Rytkönen is the 4,766th most popular soccer player (down from 4,475th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Finland (down from 379th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Aulis Rytkönen ranks 4,766 out of 21,273. Before him are Roberto López Ufarte, Ali Fergani, Curtis Jones, Constant Joacim, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, and Andreas Granqvist. After him are Stefan Skoumal, Lucas Pérez, Verner Lička, Lino Nessi, Shogo Sakurai, and José Manuel Pesudo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Aulis Rytkönen ranks 482. Before him are Jan Hertl, Richard Bass, Harry Blanchard, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Goffredo Parise, and Utpal Dutt. After him are Ahmed Kathrada, Carlos Torres, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Bruno Junk, Hal Blaine, and Henry Proctor. Among people deceased in 2014, Aulis Rytkönen ranks 448. Before him are Ian McLagan, Gundi Busch, Kenny Wheeler, Gyula Sax, Richard Hoggart, and John Dobson. After him are Jacques Friedel, Antonio Rada, Tivadar Monostori, Steven R. Nagel, Armando Peraza, and Giorgio Faletti.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Aulis Rytkönen ranks 391 out of 751. Before him are Jalmari Eskola (1886), Simo Puupponen (1915), Rauno Miettinen (1949), Juice Leskinen (1950), Ilkka Kanerva (1948), and Tiina Lillak (1961). After him are Antti Kalliomäki (1947), Juha Tiainen (1955), Martti Nieminen (1891), Jari Puikkonen (1959), Kalle Jalkanen (1907), and Juhani Suutarinen (1943).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Finland

Among soccer players born in Finland, Aulis Rytkönen ranks 3. Before him are Jari Litmanen (1971), and Sami Hyypiä (1973). After him are Teemu Pukki (1990), Petri Pasanen (1980), Niklas Moisander (1985), Jussi Jääskeläinen (1975), Tim Sparv (1987), Joonas Kolkka (1974), Joel Pohjanpalo (1994), Ari Hjelm (1962), and Hannu Tihinen (1976).

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