Pauli Kuusijärvi (born 21 March 1986) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for IF Gnistan in the Kakkonen, the premier division, which is the third tier of the Finnish football league system. He has primarily played as a midfielder throughout his career.[citation needed]

Pauli Kuusijärvi
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
IF Gnistan
Number 5
Youth career
1997–2001 Honka
2002 HIFK
2003–2005 Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 FC Espoo 83 (10)
2011 Honka 4 (0)
2011Pallohonka (loan) 2 (0)
2012 FC Haka 22 (0)
2013 IF Gnistan 25 (2)
2014–2018 HIFK 101 (6)
2019– IF Gnistan 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:43, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Career edit

Kuusijärvi was born in Espoo, where he played for FC Honka at youth level. From there he moved to another local club, FC Espoo, for which he played 2007-2010 and acted as the captain of the team. Kuusijärvi returned to his former youth club, FC Honka, in February 2011.[1] During his first season on the Finnish top level, Veikkausliiga, he played in four matches. After his year in Honka, he transferred to Valkeakosken Haka.[2] For Haka he played in 22 matches in total. In 2013, he moved to Gnistan.[3]

From 2014 he has played for HIFK.

References edit

  1. ^ "FC Honka - Honka sopimukseen Kuusijärven kanssa". Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Hakan avainpelaaja jatkosopimukseen – uusi puolustaja Hongasta | Kymppipaikka". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Pauli Kuusijärvi Gnistanin puolustukseen". 26 January 2013.

External links edit

  Media related to Pauli Kuusijärvi at Wikimedia Commons