External links
- Jesse Joronen at Soccerbase
- Jesse Joronen profile Archived 25 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine at AC Horsens
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesse Pekka Joronen [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rautjärvi, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Venezia | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Simpeleen Urheilijat | ||
| 2009–2012 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Fulham | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Maidenhead United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Lahti (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Stevenage (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | AC Horsens | 28 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Copenhagen | 37 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Brescia | 103 | (0) |
| 2022– | Venezia | 71 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Finland U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Finland U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Finland U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2013– | Finland | 20 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024 | |||
Jesse Pekka Joronen (born 21 March 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Venezia and the Finland national team. He made his senior debut for Finland in 2013. [2]
Born and raised in the small town of Simpele, Rautjärvi located near the Russian border, Joronen joined Fulham Academy in 2009. [3] In June 2010, Joronen signed his first professional contract with the club, which would keep him there until 2013. [4]
In May 2012, Joronen signed a two-year extension with Fulham that would keep him with the club until 2014. [5] Five months later, on 25 October 2012, Joronen joined Maidenhead United on loan [6] and in February 2013, Joronen was loaned to Cambridge United. [7] Only a day later, Joronen returned to Fulham after he refused to be named as a substitute for Cambridge. [8]
After a loan spell at Maidenhead United, Joronen then moved back to Finland, where he joined Veikkausliiga side FC Lahti on loan until August. [9] After making eighteen appearances for the club, where he established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper, Joronen returned to his parent club in early August. [10]
At the start of the 2014–15 season, Joronen signed a two-year contract with the club that kept him until 2016. [11] He was then given his debut as the starting goalkeeper in Fulham's opening game in the Championship against Ipswich Town on 9 August 2014. [12] After making three more appearances for the club, Joronen soon lost his first-team place to Marcus Bettinelli and new goalkeeper signing Gábor Király. [13]
Joronen joined Accrington Stanley on loan for one month on 17 October 2014. [14] He made his Accrington Stanley debut the next day, starting in goal, in a 2–1 loss against Stevenage. [15] However, after making three more appearances at Accrington Stanley whilst on loan, he returned early after dislocating his kneecap during a League Two match against Morecambe. [16] Then, it was announced that Joronen would be out for three to four months. [17]
On 27 August 2015, Joronen signed for Stevenage on loan until January 2016. [18] He made his Stevenage debut two days later, in a 1–1 draw against Dagenham & Redbridge. [19] Joronen scored with a long-range clearance in a match against Wycombe Wanderers on 17 October 2015. [20] He then kept his first clean sheet in a 3–0 win over Gillingham in the first round of the FA Cup. [21] However, after making eleven appearances for the side, Joronen suffered an injury during the match against Gillingham and subsequently returned to his parent club. [22] After returning to his parent club, Joronen signed a contract extension, keeping him there until 2017. [23]
In the 2016–17 season, Joronen was featured three times in the EFL Cup, being the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Bettinelli. [24] [25] At the end of the 2016–17 season, he was offered a new contract by the club. [26]
However, instead of signing a new contract, Joronen left Fulham to join Danish side AC Horsens, signing a two-year contract on 10 July 2017. [27]
Joronen made his AC Horsens debut in the opening game of the season, in a 2–1 win over AGF Aarhus. [28] On 4 August 2017, he kept his first clean sheet for the side, in a 1–0 win over Silkeborg, a win that saw the club go to the top of the table. [29]
On 15 December 2017, it was announced that Joronen would join Copenhagen in the summer of 2018 for a fee of €875,000. He signed a five-year contract. [30] He made his competitive debut on 23 July 2018, playing the entirety of a 3–0 Superliga victory over Hobro. [31]
On 11 July 2019, Joronen joined Brescia in Serie A on a permanent deal, after one season with Copenhagen, [32] for a transfer fee of €5 million. [33]
On 30 June 2022, Joronen signed a three-year contract with an option for the fourth year with Venezia in Serie B, for a €1.25 million fee. [34] [35] Joronen suffered a muscle injury in the early October 2023, and was ruled out for around two months. He returned to starting line-up in the end of December 2023. [36] On 2 June 2024, Joronen helped Venezia to win promotion to Serie A via promotion play-offs, after keeping two clean sheets in two man-of-the-match performances against Cremonese. [37] [38] [39] [40]
Having represented Finland at U17, U19 [41] and U21 level, [42] Joronen was called up to the senior squad and made his debut for Finland in the 2013 King's Cup against Thailand on 24 January 2013. [2]
Joronen was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. [43]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maidenhead United (loan) | 2012–13 | National League North | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 [b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Lahti (loan) | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Fulham | 2014–15 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 [c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stevenage (loan) | 2015–16 | League Two | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Horsens | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 [d] | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |
| Brescia | 2019–20 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie B | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 [e] | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 [e] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Total | 103 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 109 | 0 | |||
| Venezia | 2022–23 | Serie B | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 [e] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie B | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 [e] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 71 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 79 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 276 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 302 | 1 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
Venezia
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