Taavi Koukkumäki
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-04-16) 16 April 2007
Place of birth Finland
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Youth career
–2018 EBK[1]
2018–2021 GrIFK
2022–2023 Honka
2023– Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Honka II 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U15 5 (3)
2022–2023 Finland U16 7 (2)
2023– Finland U17 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2023

Taavi Koukkumäki (born 16 April 2007) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German Borussia Mönchengladbach U17 academy team.

Youth career

Koukkumäki started playing football in the youth teams of Esbo Bollklubb and Grankulla IFK, before joining the FC Honka youth sector in 2022.[2] In the summer 2023, he was acquired by German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach for an undisclosed fee, and was registered as a youth academy player.[3][4][5][6]

International career

On 4 October 2023, Koukkumäki was named in the Finland U17 squad in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament. In the tournament Finland drew with Ukraine and Germany 2–2 and 1–1, respectively, before winning Liechtenstein 3–0, placing 2nd in the group and advancing to the Elite round.[7][8] He scored once and provided an assist in three games.

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