Lassi Hurskainen
Lassi Hurskainen
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Lassi Elias Hurskainen |
| Date of birth |
8 April 1987 (1987-04-08) (age 24) |
| Place of birth |
Joensuu, Finland |
| Height |
1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Playing position |
Goalkeeper |
| Club information |
| Current club |
UNC Asheville Bulldogs |
| Number |
1 |
| Youth career |
| 1995-2000 |
Joensuu Ratanat |
| 2001-2002 |
Joensuun Pallo |
| 2003-2005 |
Jippo Juniors |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 2006 |
Riverball |
24 |
(0) |
| 2007 |
Jippo |
19 |
(0) |
| 2008-2012 |
SC Riverball |
38 |
(1) |
| 2008-2012 |
UNC Asheville |
74 [1] |
(0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Lassi Elias Hurskainen (born 8 April 1987) is a Finnish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for UNC Asheville Bulldogs Soccer before graduating from UNC Asheville in Fall of 2011.
Personal life
Hurskainen grew up in Joensuu, Finland and attended the Joensuun Lyseon Lukio (High School). In 2007, Hurskainen served in the Finnish Defense Forces.
Youtube Prominence
On Feb. 14th, Lassi had with the help of two friends from UNC Asheville created a soccer trick shot video inspired by various other sports trick shot videos and uploaded it to Youtube. The video's view count grew to an upwards of 3 million over the course of the next couple weeks and months. The video and subsequent videos were featured on ESPN , Good Morning America , and various global local news channels respectively. (Original Trick Shot Video) (Lassi's Youtube Channel [1])
Honours and awards
Individual
Stats
UNCA Career [1]
| Class |
Year |
GP |
Min |
GA |
GAA |
Saves |
Shutouts |
| Fr. |
2008-09 |
19 |
1904 |
24 |
1.20 |
77 |
3 |
| So. |
2009-10 |
18 |
1622 |
29 |
1.61 |
108 |
2 |
| Jr. |
2010-11 |
18 |
1664 |
31 |
1.68 |
96 |
3 |
| Sr. |
2011-12 |
19 |
1797 |
34 |
1.70 |
127 |
3 |
| Career |
2008-12 |
74 |
6888 |
118 |
1.54 |
408 |
11 |
UNCA Year Overviews[13]
- 2008: Played every minute of every match and posted a 1.20 goals against average with three shutouts...earned a shutout against Kentucky (9-27), Big South champion Winthrop (10-25) and Liberty (11-8)...allowed one goal or less in 12 different matches...stopped five shots and allowed just one goal in 1-1 vs. Southern Conference champion UNC Greensboro (9-14)...made season-high ninesaves in win over Winthrop (10-25)...most goals he allowed were three in 3-1 loss at Lipscomb (9-21)...had a 0.94 goals against average in eight regular-season Big South Conference matches...made all-tournament at Elon Invitational.
- 2009: Earned all-tournament honors at Hyatt Place Select Tournament in Nashville as he helped lead to the Bulldogs to their first tournament title in more than 20 years...stopped an amazing 25 shots in the two matches with 15 vs. Lipscomb (9-18) and then 10 more vs. Belmont (9-20)...Bulldog won both matches 2-1...earned two shutouts on the year with 1-0 victory over ETSU (9-29) and 1-0 triumph at Radford (10-10)...made 108 saves on the year...had nagging injuries throughout the season that caused him to miss three matches.
- 2010: For the second time in his career, he played every minute of every match...produced three shutouts, including back-to-back blankins of Eastern Illinois (9-5) and Brevard College (9-8)...made Kentucky Invitational All-Tournament team...posted shutout of Big South foe Winthrop (11-3)...made season-high 11 saves at High Point (11-16)...also made five saves against the Panthers in Big South Tournament (11-11) and earned spot on Big South All-Tournament team...led Big South in saves with 96...stopped nine shots in 1-1 overtime at Longwood (10-2).
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Hurskainen, Lassi |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
8 April 1987 |
| Place of birth |
Joensuu, Finland |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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