Otto Ollikainen

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Otto Ollikainen
Personal information
Full name Otto Ollikainen
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
West Virginia Mountaineers
Number 8
Youth career
2012–2018 HJK
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– West Virginia Mountaineers 62 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Klubi 04 33 (2)
2018–2019 HJK 1 (0)
2019TPS (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 Honka 2 (0)
2020–2021 Honka II 2 (0)
2023 SexyPöxyt 4 (0)
International career
2017 Finland U16 2 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U17 13 (1)
2019 Finland U18 4 (0)
2019 Finland U19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Otto Ollikainen (born 22 January 2001) is a Finnish football player who plays college soccer for West Virginia University.

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Career

Collegiate career

Ahead of the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Ollikainen signed a National Letter of Intent to play college soccer for West Virginia University in the United States. Ollikainen made his debut for the university on 26 August 2021, playing 21 minutes in a 2–0 victory against Robert Morris University. On 27 November 2021, he scored his first collegiate goal scoring against University of Tulsa in the third round of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

Club career

On 24 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Ollikainen had joined FC Honka on a deal until the end of the year. [1]

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References

  1. Otto Ollikainen Honkaan!, esporthonka.com, 24 January 2020