{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Esko Ranta | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tampere, Finland | height = 1.73 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe123607/esko-ranta/ |title=Esko Ranta |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref> | position = Left-back | years1 = 1965–1969 | clubs1 = Ilves-Kissat | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1970 | clubs2 = PaPe Kuusankoski | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1971 | clubs3 = TPV Tampere | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1972 | clubs4 = TaPa Tampere | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1973–1984 | clubs5 = Haka Valkeakoski | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1986–1988 | clubs6 = PS-44 Valkeakoski | caps6 = | goals6 = | nationalyears1 = 1969–1980 | nationalteam1 = Finland | nationalcaps1 = 63 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Esko Ranta''' (born 14 January 1947) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a left-back, notably for Haka Valkeakoski. He made 63 appearances for the Finland national team from 1969 to 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35114/Esko_Ranta.html |title=Esko Ranta |work=National Football Teams |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranta, Esko}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Footballers from Tampere Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Finland men's international footballers Category:Tampereen Pallo-Veikot players Category:FC Haka players Category:Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat players Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen Category:Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees
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