| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kotka, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | KTP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | KTP | 123 | (9) |
| 2018–2021 | → Peli-Karhut (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Sudet (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | → PEPO (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Gnistan (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2025 | |||
Matias Paavola (born 30 June 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club KTP.
Born in Kotka, Paavola started football in a local club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP), making his senior debut with the first team in the 2018 season. During his career with the club, he has played with farm clubs Peli-Karhut and Sudet, and was loaned out to PEPO Lappeenranta and Gnistan in 2023. He has won two Finnish second-tier titles with KTP, in 2022 and 2024. [1] [2] [3] [4] Paavola was named the Ykkösliiga Player of the Month in August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KTP | 2018 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Ykkönen | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 109 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 9 | ||
| Peli-Karhut (loan) | 2018 | Kolmonen | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| Sudet (loan) | 2019 | Kakkonen | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Peli-Karhut (loan) | 2020 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| PEPO (loan) | 2023 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gnistan (loan) | 2023 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 147 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 13 | ||
KTP
Individual