Sauli Väisänen

Sauli Väisänen
Personal information
Full name Sauli Aapo Kasperi Väisänen
Date of birth (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
SPAL
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Pallohonka 35 (5)
2013–2014 FC Honka 17 (2)
2014–2017 AIK 46 (2)
2015HIFK (loan) 6 (1)
2017– SPAL 0 (0)
National team
2014– Finland U21 10 (1)
2016– Finland 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2016 SPAL..

Sauli Väisänen (born 5 June 1994) is a Finish footballer who plays for SPAL in Serie A.

Before transferring to AIK in summer 2014, he represented FC Honka of Espoo. In FC Honka he also made his Veikkausliiga debut during the season 2013. He was known as a crucial part of the Honka reserve team Pallohonka.

Väisänen's mother Anna-Liisa Tilus-Väisänen is a prominent television presenter for Yle TV1 and Miss World 1984 semi-finalist.

International career

His development has been noted and Väisänen is part of the Finnish national youth squad. He has captained on international level as his characteristic as a defensive leader implies.[1]

Väisänen got his first call up to the senior Finland side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Iceland and Croatia in October 2016.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 January 2017[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pallohonka 2012 Kakkonen 15 1 0 0 15 1
2013 20 4 0 0 20 4
Total 35 5 0 0 35 5
FC Honka 2013 Veikkausliiga 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 1
2014 15 1 5 1 2 0 22 2
Total 17 2 7 1 2 0 26 3
AIK 2014 Allsvenskan 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2015 6 1 3 1 0 0 9 2
2016 22 1 5 1 2 0 29 2
Total 34 2 8 2 2 0 44 4
HIFK (loan) 2015 Veikkausliiga 6 1 0 0 6 1
Total 6 1 0 0 6 1
Career total 92101534 011113

References


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