| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OLS | ||
| Number | 57 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | LPS | ||
| 2017–2022 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Klubi 04 | 24 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | HJK | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | OLS | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | AC Oulu | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024 | |||
Santeri Silander (born 20 April 2004) is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Silander played in the youth sector of Laajasalon Palloseura (LPS) in Laajasalo, Helsinki, before joining HJK youth academy in 2017. He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in 2022, playing in the third tier Kakkonen. [1] He made his first team debut for HJK in Finnish League Cup in 2023.
After starting the 2024 season with Klubi 04 in third tier Ykkönen, in August 2024, Silander moved to Oulu to start his medical studies at the University of Oulu. He subsequently joined Oulun Luistinseura (OLS), the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu. [2] On 14 September, Silander debuted in Veikkausliiga with AC Oulu first team, scoring a goal in a crucial 3–0 home win over Lahti. [3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| OLS | 2024 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| AC Oulu | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||