Jaakko Oksanen

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Jaakko Oksanen
Personal information
Full name Jaakko Tapio Oksanen [1]
Date of birth (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Number 13
Youth career
KP-75
KOPSE
2013–2017 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Klubi 04 23 (2)
2017–2018 HJK 1 (0)
2018–2022 Brentford 2 (0)
2020–2021 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 27 (0)
2021–2022 → Greenock Morton (loan) 13 (0)
2022– KuPS 52 (5)
International career‡
2016 Finland U16 3 (0)
2016 Finland U17 6 (1)
2017 Finland U18 2 (1)
2017–2018 Finland U19 16 (0)
2019–2021 Finland U21 15 (0)
2023– Finland 1 (0)
Medal record
KuPS
Silver medal icon.svg Veikkausliiga 2022
Silver medal icon.svg Veikkausliiga 2023
Gold medal icon.svg Finnish Cup 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:29, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:06, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Jaakko Tapio Oksanen (born 7 November 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KuPS.

Contents

Oksanen is a product of the HJK Helsinki academy in his native Finland. Following 4+1⁄2 years in England with Brentford, he returned to Finland to join KuPS in 2022. Oksanen is a current Finland international.

Club career

HJK Helsinki

A holding midfielder, [3] Oksanen began his career in his native Finland as a youth with KP-75 and KOPSE, before entering the academy at Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki at the age of 12. [4] He made his debut for Klubi 04 during an injury-hit 2016 season and signed a new one-year contract in December 2016. [5] [6] Oksanen made 24 appearances and scored two goals during a successful 2017 season for Klubi 04, [5] [7] which ended with promotion to the Ykkönen, via the playoffs. [8] One week after the playoff victory, Oksanen made his senior debut for HJK Helsinki, as an 81st-minute substitute for Evans Mensah in a 3–2 defeat to RoPS on 28 October 2017. [5] It proved to be his only appearance for the first team and he departed the Telia 5G -areena on 13 January 2018. [4] [5]

Brentford

On 13 January 2018, Oksanen moved to England to sign for the B team at Championship club Brentford on a 2+1⁄2-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [9] An injury crisis saw Oksanen feature as an unused substitute during three first team matches in November 2018, [5] [10] before he suffered an ankle ligament injury. [11] After returning to fitness, Oksanen was a regular inclusion in matchday squads during the final two months of the 2018–19 season and made his debut as a substitute for Sergi Canós late in a 3–0 victory over Preston North End on the final day. [5] He was also a member of the B team's 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad. [12]

Oksanen spent the majority of the 2019–20 pre-season with the first team squad and made two appearances during the regular season. [13] [14] Entering the final months of his contract, Oksanen signed a two-year extension in March 2020 and his B team performances were recognised with the team's 2019–20 Player of the Year award. [15] [16] On 13 August 2020, Oksanen joined League One club AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan. [3] Either side of two months out due to a mid-season ankle injury, [17] [18] he made 30 appearances during his spell. [19]

On 31 August 2021, Oksanen joined Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on loan until 3 January 2022 and made 16 appearances during his spell. [20] [21] He played the remainder of the 2021–22 season with Brentford B and was a part of the London Senior Cup-winning squad. [22] Following 4+1⁄2 years with Brentford (during which he made 88 B team appearances and three first team appearances), Oksanen was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season. [23]

KuPS

On 10 July 2022, Oksanen joined Veikkausliiga club KuPS on a free transfer and signed an 18-month contract, [24] with the option of a further year, effective 13 July 2022. [25] During the remainder of the 2022 season, he made 17 appearances, scored two goals and was a part of the club's 2022 Finnish Cup-winning squad. [5] [26] In recognition of his performances, Oksanen was voted the club's Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year and he was twice named in the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month. [27] [28]

Oksanen made 32 appearances and scored one goal in all competitions during a 2023 season which culminated in KuPS missing out on the Veikkausliiga championship on goal difference. [5] [29] On 3 November 2023, the club exercised its one-year option on his contract. [24]

International career

Oksanen has been capped by Finland at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level. [9] [30] [31] [32] [33] He appeared in each of Finland's three matches at the 2018 European U19 Championship and his development during 2018 was recognised with the SPL Most Promising Young Player of the Year award. [5] [34]

Oksanen won his maiden call into the full Finland squad for a January 2022 training camp in Algarve, which included two friendly matches. [35] He made his senior international debut with a start in the second match, a 1–0 defeat to Estonia. [36]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2016 [5] Kakkonen Group B10————10
2017 [7] Kakkonen Group A20220——2 [lower-alpha 3] 0242
Total21220——20252
HJK Helsinki 2017 [5] Veikkausliiga 1000—00—10
Brentford 2018–19 [37] Championship 100000——10
2019–20 [14] Championship101000—0020
Total201000—0030
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2020–21 [19] League One 27000——3 [lower-alpha 4] 0300
Greenock Morton (loan) 2021–22 [38] Scottish Championship 1302000—1 [lower-alpha 5] 0160
KuPS 2022 [5] Veikkausliiga12210—4 [lower-alpha 6] 0—172
2023 [5] Veikkausliiga24031302 [lower-alpha 6] 0—321
2024 [5] Veikkausliiga16330604 [lower-alpha 6] 0—293
Total5257190100—786
Career total116710190100601518
  1. ↑ Includes Finnish Cup, FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup, Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Kakkonen play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 12 January 2023 [36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 202310
Total10

Honours

Klubi 04

Brentford B

KuPS

Individual

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