| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Markus Mikael Arsalo [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SJK | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TPV | |||
| Ilves | |||
| TPS | |||
| 2020–2021 | Inter Turku | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | TPS II | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Inter Turku II | 13 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Inter Turku | 16 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Jazz (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2023 | SJK II | 18 | (1) |
| 2023– | SJK | 45 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:05, 27 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Markus Mikael Arsalo (born 21 October 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Veikkausliiga club SJK.
Born in Tampere, Arsalo started his youth career with local clubs TPV and Ilves, before moving to Turku and first joining Turun Palloseura (TPS). He made his Veikkausliiga debut with Inter Turku in the 2022 season, [2] [3] [4] before joining SJK Seinäjoki organisation in December. [5] [6]
During the 2023 season, he played for SJK Akatemia in the second-tier Ykkönen, before he was promoted to the first team for 2024. He scored his first goal for SJK in Veikkausliiga on 27 July, in a 5–5 home draw against Lahti. On 25 October, his deal with SJK was extended until the end of 2026. [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TPS II | 2019 | Nelonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Inter Turku II | 2020 | Kolmonen | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | Kolmonen | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Jazz (loan) | 2021 | Kakkonen | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | |||
| Inter Turku | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| SJK Akatemia | 2023 | Ykkönen | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |
| SJK | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 99 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 12 | ||
Inter Turku