# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veikko-asikainen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:59:08.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veikko-asikainen"
name: "Veikko Asikainen"
slug: "veikko-asikainen"
description: "Veikko Asikainen was a Finnish footballer. He earned 56 caps at international level between 1938 and 1955. He was also part of Finland's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics. At club level Asikainen played for TPS and Haka."
tagline: "Finnish footballer (1918-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veikko_Asikainen_(1951).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1918-04-18"
deathDate: "2002-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.268106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Asikainen"
    title: "Veikko Asikainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيكو اسيكاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Asikainen"
    title: "Veikko Asikainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Asikainen"
    title: "Veikko Asikainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "ویکو آسیکاینن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veikko_Asikainen"
    title: "Veikko Asikainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7918646"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump