Oliver Pettersson

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Oliver Pettersson
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 46
Youth career
0000–2018 Honka
2019–2020 EPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 EPS 11 (1)
2021–2022 Ekenäs IF 36 (1)
2022– Klubi 04 12 (0)
2023– HJK 3 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U19 [1] 6 (0)
2021 Finland U20 1 (0)
2023– Finland U21 3 (0)
Medal record
HJK
Gold medal icon.svg Veikkausliiga 2023
Gold medal icon.svg Finnish League Cup 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Oliver Pettersson (born 13 May 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga club HJK, and the Finland U21 national team. [2]

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Early years

Born in Espoo, Pettersson played in youth sectors of local clubs Honka and Espoon Palloseura (EPS). He made his senior debut with EPS first team in 2020, playing in third-tier level Kakkonen. [3]

Career

Ekenäs IF

During 2021 and 2022, Pettersson played for Ekenäs IF (EIF) in second-tier Ykkönen. [4] [5]

HJK Helsinki

On 12 August 2022, Pettersson signed with HJK Helsinki on a deal until the end of 2023, with an option for extension, for an undisclosed fee, [6] and was first assigned to their reserve team Klubi 04. [7] On 27 January 2023, Pettersson made his HJK debut in Finnish League Cup match against IFK Mariehamn. He played in three Veikkausliiga matches in 2023 season, [8] before he suffered an injury and was ruled out for the rest of the season. On 28 September 2023, HJK exercised their option to extend Pettersson's contract until the end of 2024. [9]

International career

Pettersson has represented Finland at youth international levels. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2023 [1]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
EPS 2020 Kakkonen 11100––111
Ekenäs IF 2021 Ykkönen 20140––251
2022Ykkönen160305 [lower-alpha 2] 0–240
Total3617050--481
Klubi 04 2022Kakkonen11000––110
2023 Kakkonen1000––10
Total12000----120
HJK 2023 Veikkausliiga 30005 [lower-alpha 3] 00 [lower-alpha 4] 080
Career total6227010000792
  1. ↑ Includes Finnish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Ykkönen Cup
  3. ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
  4. ↑ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

HJK

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