Joakim Latonen

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Joakim Latonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kaarina, Finland [1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 IF Gnistan
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2014 KaaPo
2015–2017 TPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 TPS 81 (15)
2018 → SalPa (loan) 8 (6)
2022 IFK Mariehamn 20 (2)
2023– Gnistan 31 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024

Joakim Latonen (born 24 February 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club Gnistan, as an attacking midfielder. [3]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Latonen started to play football in a youth team of Kaarinan Pojat (KaaPo) in Kaarina. [4] [5] [6]

Turun Palloseura

Latonen joined the youth sector of Turun Palloseura (TPS) in the neighbouring town of Turku in 2015. He made his senior debut with TPS first team in Veikkausliiga in 2018. During the season, he occasionally represented the associate farm club Salon Palloilijat (SalPa), playing in third-tier Kakkonen. [7]

He spent four seasons with TPS, alternately in Veikkausliiga and second-tier Ykkönen, before his departure was announced in December 2021. [8] [9]

IFK Mariehamn

For the 2022 season, he signed a one-year contract with IFK Mariehamn in Veikkausliiga. [10]

IF Gnistan

On 31 January 2023, Latonen signed with IF Gnistan in the second-tier Ykkönen. [11] He was named the Ykkönen Player of the Month in September and October 2023. [12] At the end of the season, Latonen won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in Ykkönen, and Gnistan were promoted to Veikkausliiga via supplemental process. [13] Latonen was also named the Best Player and the Best Forward in Ykkönen. [14]

On 2 January 2024, he renewed his contract with Gnistan, signing a one-year deal for the 2024 season. [15] On 24 February 2024, Latonen scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 Finnish League Cup win against EIF. [16] On 6 April 2024, Latonen scored first-ever goal for Gnistan in Veikkausliiga, in the opening match of the 2024 season, an equalizer from penalty spot against Inter Turku. Gnistan eventually won the game 2–1. [17] On 13 April 2024, Latonen scored his first hat-trick in Veikkausliiga, in a 6–4 away win against Ilves. [18]

Career statistics

As of 16 April 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS 2018 Veikkausliiga 11030——140
2019 Ykkönen 25341——294
2020 Veikkausliiga20172——273
2021Ykkönen251131——2812
Total811517400009819
SalPa (loan)2018 Kakkonen 86———86
IFK Mariehamn 2022 Veikkausliiga202403 [lower-alpha 2] 1—273
Gnistan 2023 Ykkönen2919104 [lower-alpha 3] 1—3420
2024 Veikkausliiga24103 [lower-alpha 2] 3—67
Total31232074004027
Career total140462341050017355
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Includes Ykkönen Cup

Honours

Club

Turun Palloseura

IF Gnistan

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ JOAKIM LATOSEN URA JATKUU IFK MARIEHAMNISSA, fctps.fi, 15 December 2021
  2. 1 2 3 4 Joakim Latonen at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Joakim Latonen, worldfootball
  4. ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, J.Latonen, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
  5. ↑ Joakim Latonen teki jatkosopimuksen TPS:n kanssa, aamuset.fi, 22 January 2020
  6. ↑ Tuskallisen hidas kasvutarina, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 5 April 2024
  7. ↑ Aurinko, samettinen nurmi ja Joakim Latonen – SalPa murskasi BK-46:n, Salon Seudun Sanomat, Juha Tuuna, 10 May 2018
  8. ↑ TPS:n viime kauden paras maalintekijä siirtyy liigaseuraan, Turun Sanomat, 15 December 2021
  9. ↑ TPS:n kausi päättyi pahaan pettymykseen – lue arviot joukkueen jokaisesta pelaajasta, Turun Sanomat, 23 October 2021
  10. ↑ "Offensiv kraft från TPS till IFK Mariehamn" (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn . Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "JOAKIM LATONEN VAHVISTAA GNISTANIN KESKIKENTTÄÄ" [JOAKIM LATONEN STRENGTHENS GNISTAN'S MIDFIELD] (in Finnish). IF Gnistan. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. 1 2 Joakim Latonen valittiin jälleen Ykkösen kuukauden pelaajaksi, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 28 October 2023
  13. ↑ Helsinkiläinen lähiöseura hakee paikkaa Veikkausliigasta: ”Täyttää kriteerit”, Helsingin Sanomat, Jaakko Tiira, 11 November 2023
  14. 1 2 3 Captain's Ball 2023 Kaj Natrille – Katso kaikki palkitut, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
  15. ↑ JOAKIM LATONEN JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN GNISTANIN KANSSA, gnistan.fi, 2 January 2024
  16. ↑ "Pelasimme hyvän ottelun" - Gnistan karkasi EIF:lta jo avausjaksolla, veikkausliiga.com, 24 February 2024
  17. ↑ Gnistan ryminällä Veikkausliigaan! 100-vuotias seura kaatoi heti yhden ennakkosuosikeista, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 6 April 2024
  18. ↑ Ilves – Gnistan, veikkausliiga.com
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