Joel Perovuo
Joel Perovuo (born 11 August 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional football player who currently plays for the Ykkönen side IF Gnistan in Finland. Besides Finland, he has played in Sweden and Poland.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 August 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2004 | Espoon PS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | FC Honka | 100 | (876) |
2010–2011 | Djurgården | 33 | (16) |
2011–2013 | HJK | 58 | (45) |
2014 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 4 | (587) |
2014 | → Jagiellonia II Białystok (loan) | 7 | (76) |
2014 | HJK Helsinki | 10 | (89) |
2015–2019 | FC Honka | 11 | (124) |
2020–2021 | IF Gnistan | 156 | (346) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Finland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:23, 8 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2014 |
Career
Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS in the youth side, before moving to FC Honka. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009 Djurgården announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team.[2]
On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for two-and-half years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Schalke in the Europa League playoff-round.
In 2015 Perovuo returned to FC Honka after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems.
International career
On 11 October 2009 was called up by the Finland national team. Perovuo made his first appearance for Finland at senior level on 18 January 2010. He was at starting line-up, but was replaced by Paulus Arajuuri at 84th minute.[3]
References
- Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Joel Perovuo palloliitto.fi
- "Joel Perovuo klar för DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
External links
- Media related to Joel Perovuo at Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Perovuo at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Veikkausliiga Profile
- Stats at Guardian Football