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Akseli Pelvas
Pelvas with HJK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)
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)
*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

Akseli Pelvas (born 8 February 1989) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker.

Career

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Club

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Pelvas with SJK in 2015

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

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As of on 31 December 2020[4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 2007 Veikkausliiga 2 0 – – – 2 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 3 2 0 0 — 3 2
2009 Veikkausliiga 19 5 0 0 — 2[a] 0 21 5
2010 Veikkausliiga 12 2 1 0 6 5 5[b] 0 24 7
2011 Veikkausliiga 26 16 3 0 6 1 2[c] 0 37 17
2012 Veikkausliiga 22 8 3 0 4 2 3[d] 0 32 10
2013 Veikkausliiga 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 Ykkönen 4 1 — 4 1
Total 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4
IFK Mariehamn (loan) 2008 Veikkausliiga 4 0 – – – 4 0
KuPS (loan) 2013 Veikkausliiga 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
SJK (loan) 2013 Ykkönen 13 6 0 0 — 13 6
SJK 2014 Veikkausliiga 29 11 1 1 4 0 — 34 12
2015 Veikkausliiga 33 14 0 0 5 6 2[a] 0 40 20
Total 62 25 1 1 9 6 2 0 74 32
Falkenberg 2016 Allsvenskan 14 0 4 0 — 18 0
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga 8 3 1 0 — 9 3
2017 Veikkausliiga 31 14 8 7 — 4[a] 2 43 23
2018 Veikkausliiga 7 1 8 4 — 15 5
2019 Veikkausliiga 8 1 5 1 — 1[c] 0 14 2
Total 54 19 23 12 0 0 5 2 61 33
Klubi-04 2019 Kakkonen 1 0 — 1 0
IFK Mariehamn 2020 Veikkausliiga 20 3 – – – 20 3
Career totals 249 87 34 13 30 17 19 2 332 119
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, Two Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, One Appearance in the UEFA Europa League

International

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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

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Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[6]
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

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "HJK Helsinki | HJK.fi". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ [1], jpy.fi, 2 September 2020
  4. ^ Akseli Pelvas at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ Akseli Pelvas stats, Finnish FA
  6. ^ "Pelvas, Akseli". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. ^ HJK:n Akseli Pelvas lokakuun pelaaja Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  8. ^ [2] (in Finnish)
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