Sauli Väisänen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sauli Aapo Kasperi Väisänen | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AIK | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Pallohonka | 35 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | FC Honka | 17 | (2) |
| 2014– | AIK | 29 | (1) |
| 2015 | → HIFK (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Finland U-21 | 10 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2016. | |||
Sauli Väisänen (born 5 June 1994) a Finnish football player currently playing for Swedish Allsvenskan side AIK.
Before transferring to AIK in summer 2014, he represented FC Honka of Espoo. In FC Honka he also made his Veikkausliiga debut during the season 2013. He was known as a crucial part of the Honka reserve team Pallohonka.
Väisänen's mother Anna-Liisa Tilus-Väisänen is a prominent television presenter for Yle TV1 and Miss World 1984 semi-finalist.
International career
His development has been noted and Väisänen is part of the Finnish national youth squad. He has captained on international level as his characteristic as a defensive leader implies.[1]
Väisänen got his first call up to the senior Finland side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Iceland and Croatia in October 2016.[2]
Career statistics
- As of match played 22 September 2016[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pallohonka | 2012 | Kakkonen | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Total | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| FC Honka | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| AIK | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2016 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| HIFK (loan) | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 85 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 12 | ||
References
- ↑ http://hifkfotboll.fi/saulivaisanen-hifk/
- ↑ Huuhkajat nimetty Huuhkajat Islantia ja Kroatiaa vastaan
- ↑ "S. VÄISÄNEN". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- (Finnish) Profile at veikkausliiga.com
External links
- Sauli Väisänen at FC Honka (Finnish)
- Sauli Väisänen – UEFA competition record