Akseli Pelvas

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Akseli Pelvas
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Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 34)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Career

Club

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

As of match played on 18 April 2018 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK 2008 Veikkausliiga ?200—?2
2009 19500—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0215
2010 12210655 [lower-alpha 2] 0247
2011 261630612 [lower-alpha 3] 03717
2012 22830423 [lower-alpha 4] 03210
2013 400053—93
Total833370211112012344
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen 53—53
2010 41—41
Total9400000094
KuPS (loan) 2013 Veikkausliiga4000—40
SJK 2013 Ykkönen13600—136
2014 Veikkausliiga29111140—3412
2015 331400562 [lower-alpha 1] 04020
Total75311196208738
Falkenberg 2016 Allsvenskan 14040—180
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga8310—93
2017 311487—4 [lower-alpha 1] 24323
2018 7184—155
2019 8151—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0142
Klubi-04 (loan) 2019 Kakkonen 10—10
Total5419231200526133
Career totals2408734133017192323119
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Three Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, Two Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Two Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, One Appearance in the UEFA Europa League

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.

International goals

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first. [5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 January 2018 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2–02–1 Friendly

Honours

Individual

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References

  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. ↑ , jpy.fi, 2 September 2020
  4. ↑ Akseli Pelvas at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Pelvas, Akseli". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. ↑ HJK:n Akseli Pelvas lokakuun pelaaja Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  7. ↑ (in Finnish)


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