Axel Vidjeskog

Axel Vidjeskog

Vidjeskog with Finland U21 in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Kronoby, Finland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Trelleborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	JBK	11	(1)
2017–2020	Jaro	35	(6)
2021	KuFu-98	6	(6)
2021–2024	KuPS	73	(10)
2022	→ Ilves (loan)	10	(1)
2025–	Trelleborg	0	(0)
International career‡
2017	Finland U16	4	(0)
2017	Finland U17	3	(0)
2019	Finland U18	3	(0)
2022	Finland U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022

Axel Vidjeskog (born 14 April 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Trelleborg in Superettan. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Club career

Vidjeskog began to play football in the youth program of FF Jaro. He started his senior career in 2017, playing for Jaro first team in the second-tier Ykkönen, and for the reserve team Jakobstads BK in the third-tier Kakkonen.

For the 2021 season, Vidjeskog joined a Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS). At the start of the 2022 season, he was loaned out to fellow Veikkausliiga side Ilves. He returned to KuPS in July, after his loan deal expired. ^{[4] [5]} On 13 November 2023, he extended his contract with KuPS until the end of 2024. ^[6] Widjeskog and KuPS won the 2024 Finnish Cup and the Finnish Championship title, completing the club's first-ever double.

On 12 February 2025, he signed with Trelleborg. ^[7]

Personal life

Vidjeskog is a Swedish-speaking Finn. Two of his brothers are also professional footballers. The younger brother Isak Vidjeskog plays for Varbergs BoIS, and the older Adam Vidjeskog plays for Jaro. ^[8] Their father Niklas is a head coach of Jaro. ^[9]

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2024. ^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jakobstads BK	2017	Kakkonen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2018	Kakkonen	4	1	–		–		–		4	1
	2019	Kakkonen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2020	Kakkonen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	Total		11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
Jaro	2017	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	2018	Ykkönen	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
	2019	Ykkönen	20	4	2	0	–		–		22	4
	2020	Ykkönen	9	2	5	0	–		–		14	2
	Total		35	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	43	7
KuFu-98	2021	Kakkonen	6	6	–		–		–		6	6
KuPS	2021	Veikkausliiga	16	1	4	0	–		4 [c]	0	24	1
	2022	Veikkausliiga	9	1	0	0	3	0	1 [c]	0	13	1
	2023	Veikkausliiga	22	4	2	0	5	0	2 [c]	1	31	5
	2024	Veikkausliiga	26	4	4	1	7	4	4 [c]	1	41	10
	Total		73	10	10	1	15	4	11	3	109	17
Ilves (loan)	2022	Veikkausliiga	10	1	–		–		–		10	1
Trelleborg	2025	Superettan	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Career total			135	25	18	1	15	4	11	3	179	32

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Conference League

Honours

KuPS

• Veikkausliiga: 2024 ^[11]
• Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2021, 2022, 2023
• Finnish Cup: 2021, 2022, 2024 ^[12]
• Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024

References

1. Axel Vidjeskog at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
2. "Axel Vidjeskog i landslaget". Österbottens Tidning. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. "Höst med fotbollsdramatik att vänta: Axel Vidjeskog låg bakom målen då KuPS behöll närkontakten med HJK – ruskigt formstarka VPS går för brons". Yle . Retrieved 3 September 2023.
4. "Axel Vidjeskog palaa KuPS:n riveihin - laina Ilvekseen päättyi". Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
5. "Axel Vidjeskog tillbaka i KuPS: "Ilves ville jag skulle stanna"". Vasabladet. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
6. AXU JATKAA KUOPIOSSA!, kups.fi, 13 November 2023
7. VÄLKOMMEN AXEL WIDJESKOG!, trelleborgsff.se, 12 February 2025
8. Talangflykten utomlands, den ihållande trenden i Fotbollsfinland: Instängt liv i Portugal eller Italien skrämde Isak Vidjeskog – första tiden i trygga Sverige blev ändå en chock, Svenska Yle, 12 May 2022
9. Tässä on FF Jaron uusi päävalmentaja – Tuttu nimi aiemmilta vuosilta, Pietarsaaren Sanomat, 4 November 2023
10. Axel Vidjeskog stats, Finnish FA
11. Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
12. KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024