Career
He is the most capped player in Finnish top divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. Nieminen played 19 seasons and 459 matches from 1985 to 1989 and 1991 to 2004 for Football Club Jazz (previously known as Powerpoint Engineering), Football Club Haka and Football Club Jokerit. After his professional career Nieminen worked several years as a marketing director for Football Club PoPa.