Anselmi Nurmela

Anselmi Nurmela

Nurmela with AC Oulu in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Anselmi Mikael Nurmela [1]
Date of birth	(1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Emmen, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	OLS
Youth career
0000–2011	OLS
2012	Tervarit
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Oulu	69	(5)
2017	RoPS	29	(1)
2018–2020	Flora	25	(2)
2020–2021	AC Oulu	48	(2)
2022	Hødd	5	(0)
2022	Hødd 2	4	(1)
2022	Hønefoss	9	(1)
2024–	OLS	18	(0)
International career‡
2013–2014	Finland U18	6	(1)
2014	Finland U19	4	(0)
2016	Finland U20	1	(0)
2017–2018	Finland U21	9	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 October 2018

Anselmi Mikael Nurmela (born 22 November 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for OLS. ^{[2] [3]}

Club career

In 2016 Nurmela played 22 games for AC Oulu in the Finnish 1st Division Ykkönen before joining top division Veikkausliiga outfit Rovaniemen Palloseura. ^[4] In 2017, Nurmela made 24 starts and five substitute appearances in the Finnish top division. ^[5] In February 2018, Nurmela joined FC Flora in Estonia. ^[6] With Flora Nurmela won the 2019 Estonian league title ^[7] making 18 appearances and scoring two goals. ^[8]

International career

On 24 March 2017, he made his debut with the Finland national under-21 football team in a friendly against Netherlands. ^[9]

Personal life

He is the son of former Finnish international Mika Nurmela.

Career statistics

As of 8 October 2024. ^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AC Oulu	2013	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		3	0
	2014	Ykkönen	25	3	2	1	–		27	4
	2015	Ykkönen	19	0	3	0	–		22	0
	2016	Ykkönen	22	2	1	0	–		23	2
	Total		69	5	6	1	0	0	75	6
OLS	2016	Kolmonen	1	0	–		–		1	0
RoPS	2017	Veikkausliiga	29	1	5	0	–		34	1
Flora Tallinn	2018	Meistriliiga	11	0	6	0	–		17	0
	2019	Meistriliiga	14	2	3	0	0	0	17	2
	Total		25	2	9	0	0	0	34	2
Flora II	2018	Esiliiga	11	0	–		–		11	0
	2019	Esiliiga	1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
AC Oulu	2020	Ykkönen	21	2	5	0	–		26	2
	2021	Veikkausliiga	27	0	3	0	–		30	0
	Total		48	2	8	0	0	0	56	2
Hødd	2022	2. divisjon	5	0	2	0	–		7	0
Hødd 2	2022	3. divisjon	4	1	–		–		4	1
Hønefoss	2022	3. divisjon	9	1	–		–		9	1
OLS	2024	Ykkönen	18	0	–		–		18	0
Career total			220	12	30	1	0	0	250	13

1. Includes Suomen Cup, Estonian Cup and Norwegian Football Cup

Honours

AC Oulu

• Ykkönen: 2020

Flora

• Meistriliiga: 2019

References

1. Anselmi Nurmela at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
2. Template:Website=Soccerway
3. Anselmi Nurmela tekee paluun kentille - sopimus AC Oulun kanssa, Veikkausliiga, 28 November 2023
4. "RoPS signs a 1-year contract with Anselmi Nurmela". Football Finland. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
5. London, Danny Lewis (18 November 2017). "Veikkausliiga U-22 Young Players' Team of the Season 2017: Talent Radar". Outside of the Boot. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
6. "Jalkapallo vei oululaisen Anselmi Nurmelan etelänaapuriin – "Tallinna on upea kaupunki"". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
7. "Premium liiga".
8. "Mängija".
9. "Pikkuhuuhkajille kahden maalin tappio" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
10. Anselmi Nurmela stats, Football Association of Finland