Petri Helin

Petri Helin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-12-13) 13 December 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder, Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	HJK	102	(10)
1988	→ PPT (loan)	12	(2)
1993–1996	Ikast	48	(3)
1996	HJK	12	(1)
1996–1997	Viborg	5	(0)
1997	HJK	10	(1)
1998	PK-35	27	(2)
1999–2000	Jokerit	59	(3)
2000–2001	Luton Town	23	(1)
2001–2002	Stockport County	13	(0)
2002	→ Denizlispor (loan)	4	(1)
2002–2003	Jokerit	27	(2)
International career
1988–1991	Finland U21	14	(4)
1992–2002	Finland	27	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petri Helin (born 13 December 1969) is a Finnish former footballer. Helin played for several clubs in Finland, Denmark, England, and Turkey. He was capped 27 times for the Finland national team. ^[1]

Career statistics

As of 28 May 2024 ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Other		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HJK	1988	Mestaruussarja
	1989	Mestaruussarja	18	0					1 [b]	0	19	0
	1990	Veikkausliiga	24	4	0	0	–		–		24	4
	1991	Veikkausliiga	30	5	0	0	–		2 [b]	0	32	5
	1992	Veikkausliiga	30	1	0	0	–		–		30	1
	Total		102	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	105	10
PPT (loan)	1988	Mestaruussarja	12	2	–		–		–		12	2
Ikast	1993–94	Danish Superliga	28	3	–		–		–		28	3
	1994–95	Danish Superliga	18	0	–		–		1 [c]	0	19	0
	1995–96	Danish Superliga	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		48	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	49	3
HJK	1996	Veikkausliiga	12	1	0	0	–		2 [d]	0	14	1
Viborg	1996–97	Danish Superliga	5	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
HJK	1997	Veikkausliiga	10	1	0	0	–		2 [e]	1	12	2
PK-35	1998	Veikkausliiga	27	2	0	0	–		–		27	2
Jokerit	1999	Veikkausliiga	27	1	1	0	–		3 [c]	0	31	1
	2000	Veikkausliiga	32	2	0	0	–		1 [d]	0	33	2
	Total		59	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	64	3
Luton Town	2000–01	Second Division	23	1	1	0	0	0	–		24	1
Stockport County	2001–02	First Division	13	0	1	0	1 [f]	0	–		15	0
Denizlispor (loan)	2001–02	Süper Lig	4	1	1	0	–		–		5	1
Jokerit	2002	Ykkönen	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
	2003	Veikkausliiga	12	1	–		–		–		12	1
	Total		20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1
Career total			335	25	5	0	1	0	12	1	353	27

1. Includes Suomen Cup, Danish Cup, FA Cup and Turkish Cup
2. Includes European Cup
3. Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
4. Includes UEFA Cup
5. Includes UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
6. Includes EFL League Cup

Honours

• Finnish Championship: 1990, 1992, 1997

Sources

• Veikkausliiga player statistics

1. Muistatko Petri Helinin? Maajoukkuemiehen uusi työ säikäyttää välillä tuttavia: "Onko sulla polttarit menossa?", Iltalehti, 15 October 2018
2. Petri Helin, NFL
3. Petri Helin at WorldFootball.net
4. Petri Helin, Finnish FA