| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jippo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | SJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2025 | SJK | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | → SJK Akatemia | 40 | (14) |
| 2021–2024 | → SJK Akatemia II | 28 | (37) |
| 2025 | Kerry | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Jippo | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Finland U17 [1] | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024 | |||
Eemeli Honkola (born 28 January 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Jippo. [2]
Honkola played in the SJK Seinäjoki youth sector. [3] [4] He debuted in Veikkausliiga with SJK first team in the 2022 season. [5] [6]
In March 2025, after having played two pre-season Ykkösliigacup matches as a test player for Salon Palloilijat and Jippo, Honkola moved abroad and signed with Kerry in Irish second-tier LOI First Division. [7] He made 4 appearances before departing the club on 10 June 2025. [8]
Growing up, Honkola has also played pesäpallo, the Finnish baseball, in a youth team of Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit. [9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SJK Seinäjoki | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2021 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 8 | |
| Total | 40 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 52 | 16 | ||
| SJK Akatemia II | 2022 | Kolmonen | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Kolmonen | 17 | 26 | – | – | 17 | 26 | |||
| 2024 | Kakkonen | 7 | 7 | – | – | 7 | 7 | |||
| Total | 28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 37 | ||
| SalPa | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jippo | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry | 2025 | LOI First Division | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jippo | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 74 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 90 | 54 | ||