Petteri Forsell

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Petteri Forsell
Petteri Forsell August 8 2013.jpg
Forsell in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jani Petteri Forsell [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland [2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Korona Kielce
Number 10
Youth career
KPV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 KPV 23 (2)
2009 VPS 12 (1)
2010–2012 IFK Mariehamn 52 (18)
2012–2013 Bursaspor 2 (0)
2013 → IFK Mariehamn (loan) 8 (4)
2014–2015 IFK Mariehamn 48 (14)
2016–2017 Miedź Legnica 44 (17)
2017 Örebro SK 8 (0)
2018–2019 Miedź Legnica 51 (14)
2019 → HJK (loan) 9 (1)
2020 Korona Kielce 14 (4)
2020–2021 Stal Mielec 26 (1)
2021–2023 Inter Turku 62 (13)
2024– Korona Kielce 1 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Finland U21 6 (1)
2013–2019 Finland 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2024

Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Polish club Korona Kielce. He made twelve appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.

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Career

After starting his career with the local KPV, Forsell was signed by a near Veikkausliiga side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side, IFK Mariehamn. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012, he was selected as the player of the month, for July. [3]

On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with Süper Lig club Bursaspor. [4] He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against FC Twente.

Forsell was selected as the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from Miedź Legnica to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year. [5]

On 10 August 2019, Forsell scored one and gave two assists in a 4–0 win against FC Lahti on his league debut for HJK. [6]

On 21 February 2022, Forsell returned to Inter Turku for the 2022 season. [7]

After leaving Inter at the end of 2023, Forsell remained a free agent until 30 March 2024 before rejoining Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce, whom he previously represented in 2020. [8] He made his return to Polish football two days later as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 away loss to Widzew Łódź. [9]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Forsell goal.
List of international goals scored by Petteri Forsell [10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 February 2013 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, IsraelFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–11–2 Friendly

Honours

IFK Mariehamn

Miedź Legnica

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "JANİ PETTERİ FORSELL - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mina Vänner 2011: Petteri Forsell". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (Petteri Forsell Veikkausliiga's player of the month for July) Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Veikkausliiga.com - 9.8.2012 (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ Petteri Forsellin Bursaspor-siirto varmistui (Petter Forsell's transfer to Bursaspor goes through); Ilta-Sanomat, 5.8.2012 (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ Petteri Forsell Piłkarzem Września 2018; EkstraKlasa, 10.10.2018 (in Polish)
  6. ↑ "HJK vs. Lahti 4 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "PETTERI FORSELL JATKAA FC INTERISSÄ" (Press release) (in Finnish). Inter Turku. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Petteri Forsell w Koronie". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 30 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "PKO Ekstraklasa 2023/2024 - Kolejka 26". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 1 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Petteri Forsell at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ↑ "Petteri Forsell". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Miedź Legnica awansowała do ekstraklasy! Miedź Legnica - Chojniczanka 5:1 [WYNIK, RELACJA, ZDJĘCIA, 27.05.2018]". gazetawroclawska.pl (in Polish). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  14. ↑ Lyyski Kuukauden valmentaja Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  15. ↑ Petteri Forsell elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
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