Henri Aalto (born 20 April 1989) is a Finnish former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Honka.[2][3] He began his senior club career playing for Honka and made his league debut at age 19 in 2008. He helped Honka win two successive League Cup titles and the Finnish Cup.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| HooGee | |||
| 2001–2007 | Honka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2014 | Honka | 143 | (8) |
| 2008 | → GrIFK (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | → Pallohonka | 22 | (8) |
| 2015–2017 | SJK | 44 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | (1) |
| 2018–2023 | Honka | 109 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Finland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Finland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Honka edit
Aalto was born in Espoo, Finland. Raised in Honka's youth ranks, he made his first team debut on 27 April 2008, at the age of 19, in a match against MYPA.[4] He represented Honka for eight seasons in 140 league matches in which he scored 8 goals.
SJK edit
On 15 March 2015, it was announced that Aalto had signed a contract with SJK.[5] Aalto made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2015, playing all ninety minutes of a 1–0 home victory over RoPS.[6] He spent the 2015 and 2016 Veikkausliiga seasons with the club.
VfB Oldenburg edit
In the winter of 2017 Aalto signed a contract with VfB Oldenburg, in the German Regionalliga.[7] Aalto made his competitive debut for the club on 5 February 2017 in a 3–3 draw in the league with Lupo Martini.[8] He scored his first league goal for the club exactly two weeks after he made his debut, with it coming in the 34th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Weiche Flensburg.[9] He would go on to make 32 league appearances for the club, scoring 1 goal.
Return to Honka edit
In July 2018 it was announced that Aalto would return to Honka.[10]
International career edit
Aalto has capped 14 matches for various Finland youth teams. He made his debut for the Finland U21 in a match against Estonia U21 on Esport Arena on 11 February 2009 when he replaced Jussi Heikkinen for the second period of the match.[11]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 18 May 2019[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cups | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GrIFK | 2008 | Ykkönen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Honka | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | — | 41 | 4 | |||
| 2013 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 140 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 184 | 9 | ||
| SJK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Oldenburg | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nord | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Honka | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 245 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 306 | 10 | ||
- ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in the Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the Champions League
Honours and achievements edit
Club edit
Honka
SJK
Individual edit
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018
References edit
- ^ "FC Honka". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Honka-kapteeni Henri Aalto päättää komean uransa - "Tunnen syvää kiitollisuutta", Veikkausliiga, 19 October 2023
- ^ "Honkaan palannut Henri Aalto haaveilee mestaruudesta Espoossa – "Se olisi upea päätös kansalliselle uralle"" (in Finnish). YLE. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "SJK ja puolustaja Henri Aalto sopimukseen" (in Finnish). SJK. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "SJK vs. RoPS – 19 April 2015 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Henri Aalto siirtyy Saksaan" (in Finnish). YLE. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "VfB Oldenburg vs. Lupo-Martini – 5 February 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "VfB Oldenburg vs. Weiche Flensburg – 19 February 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Honkaan palannut Henri Aalto haaveilee mestaruudesta Espoossa – "Se olisi upea päätös kansalliselle uralle"" (in Finnish). YLE. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "U21: Suomi kaatoi Viron" [U21: Finland wins Estonia] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Henri Aalto". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
External links edit
- VfB Oldenburg official profile (in German)
- Henri Aalto – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Henri Aalto at Soccerway
Henri Aalto at UEFA
- Henri Aalto at the German Football Association
- Henri Aalto at FBref.com
- Henri Aalto at Soccerway.com
- Henri Aalto at WorldFootball.net
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