Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kaius Tito Ilmari Simojoki | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
Number | 61 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2014 | PPJ | ||
2015–2020 | HJK | ||
2021–2023 | KäPa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | KäPa | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Futura (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2023 | → Klubi 04 (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Klubi 04 | 25 | (2) |
2024– | HJK | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Finland U16 | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Finland U17 | 13 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Finland U18 | 7 | (0) |
2024– | Finland U19 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2025 |
Kaius Tito Simojoki (born 21 March 2006) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a left back for HJK Helsinki.
Simojoki was born to Finnish parents in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where his parents lived due to mother's work. [1] After moving to Finland, he started football in a youth team of PPJ when aged four, and later joined HJK Helsinki youth sector, before moving to the renowned youth academy of Käpylän Pallo in Helsinki.
On 6 December 2022, KäPa announced the signing of Simojoki on a professional contract. [2] In 2023, he featured briefly for the co-operation club FC Futura in Porvoo, before he was loaned out to the reserve team of HJK, Klubi 04, in the summer. [3] [4] [5] After his loan spell, HJK exercised their option and acquired Simojoki from KäPa on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee. [6] [7]
Simojoki was part of the HJK Helsinki youth squad in the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League campaign, playing all four matches against Malmö FF and Nantes. [8]
Simojoki has represented Finland at various youth national team levels. [9] [10] [11]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Käpylän Pallo | 2023 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Futura (loan) | 2023 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Klubi 04 (loan) | 2023 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
Klubi 04 | 2024 | Ykkönen | 25 | 2 | – | – | – | 25 | 2 | |||
HJK | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2025 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Career total | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
Klubi 04