{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Kopteff | image = PeterKopteff.jpg | image_size = 260 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|10}} | birth_place = Helsinki, Finland | height = 1.80 m | death_date = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Winger | years1 = 1998–2001 | clubs1 = HJK Helsinki | caps1 = 66 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = → Jazz Pori (loan) | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2001–2005 | clubs3 = Viking | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 12 | years4 = 2005–2006 | clubs4 = Stoke City | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2006–2008 | clubs5 = Utrecht | caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Aalesund | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 4 | totalcaps = 234 | totalgoals = 25 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2009 | nationalteam1 = Finland | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }}
'''Peter Kopteff''' (born 10 April 1979) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
==Club career== Kopteff was born in Helsinki and began his career with HJK Helsinki and Jazz Pori in Finnish Veikkausliiga, and appeared in five UEFA Champions League group stage matches during HJK's 1998 campaign. He spent four years at Stavanger making over 100 Tippeligaen appearances. Whilst at Viking he scored one of the goals as they famously defeated Chelsea in the UEFA Cup in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/2293589.stm |title=Viking humble Chelsea |publisher=BBC |date=3 October 2002 |accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref> He joined English club Stoke City in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kopteff completes Stoke switch|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4504736.stm|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref> Kopteff failed to make any impact at Stoke making nine appearances in 2005–06 and was released at the end of the season. He then joined Dutch side FC Utrecht where he spent two years and on 31 August 2008 Kopteff signed a short-term contract to play for Aalesund for the remainder of the 2008 season. The contract was later extended for the 2009 season at the end of which he decided to retire.
==International career== Kopteff used to be a regular squad member of the Finland national football team. Due to his lack of first-team football caused by an injury during his second season in Utrecht, he has not played international football since 2007, only limiting him to occasional call-ups. He has been capped 39 times and scored once. He was recalled to the national team in April 2009 against Norway.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== <ref>{{ENFA}}</ref><ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=2417|accessdate=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=6|HJK Helsinki |1997 |Veikkausliiga |4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||1 |- |1998 |Veikkausliiga |6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- |1999 |Veikkausliiga |10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- |2000 |Veikkausliiga |17||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||1 |- |2001 |Veikkausliiga |29||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2 |- !colspan=2|Total !66!!4!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||66!!4 |- |Jazz Pori (loan) |1999 |Veikkausliiga |10||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||1 |- |rowspan=5|Viking |2002 |Tippeligaen |25||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||3 |- |2003 |Tippeligaen |26||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||3 |- |2004 |Tippeligaen |24||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||3 |- |2005 |Tippeligaen |26||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||3 |- !colspan=2|Total !101!!12!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||101!!12 |- |Stoke City |2005–06 |Championship |6||0||3||0|||0||0||9||0 |- |rowspan=3|FC Utrecht |2006–07 |Eredivisie |30||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||4 |- |2007–08 |Eredivisie |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !33!!4!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33!!4 |- |rowspan=3|Aalesunds FK |2008 |Tippeligaen |6||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1 |- |2009 |Tippeligaen |12||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||3 |- !colspan=2|Total !18!!4!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18!!4 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !234!!25!!3!!0!!0!!0!!237!!25 |}
===International=== Source:<ref name="NFT"/>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=5|Finland |2002||3||0 |- |2003||14||0 |- |2004||8||1 |- |2005||9||0 |- |2006||0||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!34!!1 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/PeterKopteff.htm Voetbal international profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120926085534/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=45&CPID=93&pStr=Player&PLID=43592&TEID=5932 Guardian Football] * {{NFT player|id=2417}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kopteff, Peter}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Eredivisie players Category:FC Utrecht players Category:Finland men's international footballers Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Category:Footballers from Helsinki Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Viking FK players Category:FC Jazz players Category:Veikkausliiga players Category:Eliteserien players Category:Finnish people of Hungarian descent Category:English Football League players