Akseli Pelvas

Akseli Pelvas
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Falkenbergs FF
Number TBD
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 105 (33)
2007-2010Klubi-04 (dual registration) 44 (33)
2008IFK Mariehamn (loan) 4 (0)
2013KuPS (loan) 4 (0)
2013SJK (loan) 13 (6)
2014–2015 SJK 62 (25)
2016– Falkenbergs FF 0 (0)
National team
Finland U-19 ? (?)
Finland U-21 14 (2)
2012– Finland 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2012

Akseli Pelvas (born 8 February 1989, Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish footballer, who plays for Falkenbergs FF Allsvenskan, the premier division of football in Sweden.

Career

Club

Pelvas got started with football in the age of five, when he joined Etelä-Espoon Pallo EsPa in Espoo. In 2003, he joined HJK's juniors at the age of 14. Just after two years he was promoted to HJK reserves, Klubi 04.

Pelvas made his first team debut at the age of eighteen, in the 1-1 draw against FC Inter Turku on 28 June 2007. He spent most of the 2008 season in the reserves, scoring 27 goals in 17 matches for Klubi 04. 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]

International

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.

References

  1. "Akseli Pelvas jatkaa HJK:ssa vuoden 2011 loppuun". www.hjk.fi. 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-21.

External links

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