Akseli Pelvas (born 8 February 1989) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2003 | EsPa | ||
| 2003–2007 | HJK Helsinki | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Klubi 04 | 13 | (7) |
| 2007–2013 | HJK Helsinki | 89 | (33) |
| 2007–2010 | → Klubi 04 | 49 | (34) |
| 2008 | → IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | → KuPS (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | → SJK (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | SJK | 62 | (25) |
| 2016 | Falkenbergs FF | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | HJK Helsinki | 54 | (19) |
| 2019 | → Klubi 04 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | IFK Mariehamn | 20 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Finland U-19 | |||
| Finland U-21 | 14 | (2) | |
| 2012– | Finland | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2018 | |||
Career edit
Club edit
Pelvas got started with football in the age of five, when he joined EsPa in Espoo. In 2003, he joined HJK’s juniors at the age of 14. After just two years, he was promoted to HJK’s reserve side Klubi 04.
Pelvas made his first team debut at the age of 18 in a 1–1 draw against FC Inter Turku on 28 June 2007. He spent most of the 2008 season in the reserves, scoring 24 goals in 17 games. In the middle of the 2008 season he was on loan at IFK Mariehamn. He scored his first two goals on 19 October 2008 in a 2–3 away victory against FC Haka.
On 22 February 2009, Pelvas signed a three-year deal with HJK.[1] On 16 December 2015, Pelvas signed for the Swedish club Falkenbergs FF. He returned to HJK in August 2016.[2]
After spending the 2020 season back with IFK Mariehamn, Pelvas announced his retirement in September 2021.[3]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played on 18 April 2018[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| HJK | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 2 | |||
| 2009 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 21 | 5 | |||
| 2010 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5[b] | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||
| 2011 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 37 | 17 | ||
| 2012 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3[d] | 0 | 32 | 10 | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| Total | 83 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 123 | 44 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2009 | Ykkönen | 5 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
| KuPS (loan) | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| SJK | 2013 | Ykkönen | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 34 | 12 | ||
| 2015 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2[a] | 0 | 40 | 20 | ||
| Total | 75 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 38 | ||
| Falkenberg | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| HJK | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2017 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 7 | — | 4[a] | 2 | 43 | 23 | |||
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | — | 15 | 5 | |||||
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Klubi-04 (loan) | 2019 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 33 | ||
| Career totals | 240 | 87 | 34 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 323 | 119 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, Two Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, One Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
International edit
Pelvas has played for his country in different national junior teams, most recently the Finland national under-21 football team. He has been one of the most effective strikers for Finland's youth teams, together with Lauri Dalla Valle. He made his senior debut for Finland on 22 January 2012, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[5]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 January 2018 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Jordan |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours edit
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: October 2011,[6] August 2017[7]
References edit
- ^ "Akseli Pelvas jatkaa HJK:ssa vuoden 2011 loppuun". hjk.fi. 22 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "HJK Helsinki | HJK.fi". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ [1], jpy.fi, 2 September 2020
- ^ Akseli Pelvas at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Pelvas, Akseli". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ HJK:n Akseli Pelvas lokakuun pelaaja Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ [2] (in Finnish)
External links edit
Media related to Akseli Pelvas at Wikimedia Commons- Profile at HJK.fi
- Stats at Veikkausliiga.com
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