![]() Strandvall with VPS in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sebastian Gösta Alexander Strandvall | ||
Date of birth | 16 September 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland [1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | VIFK | 74 | (19) |
2007–2010 | Haka | 56 | (10) |
2010–2011 | IFK Mariehamn | 48 | (9) |
2012–2015 | VPS | 88 | (14) |
2015 | Austria Lustenau | 10 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Rah Ahan Tehran | 11 | (1) |
2016–2023 | VPS | 170 | (38) |
2019 | VPS II | 1 | (0) |
Total | 457 | (92) | |
International career | |||
2007 | Finland B | 4 | (0) |
2014 | Finland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sebastian Strandvall (born 16 September 1986) is a Finnish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. A former senior international for Finland, [2] he was best known for representing VPS, but also played in Iranian Persian Gulf Pro League and Austria. [3]
Strandvall left VPS at the end of the 2023 season and retired from playing, along with former VPS teammate Steven Morrissey. [4] Strandvall has made 318 appearances in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga, scoring 56 goals. [5]
In 2023, Strandvall made many efforts to prevent the execution of his Iranian friend teammate in Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. team, Amir Reza Nasr Azadani who was part of Mahsa Amini protests. [6]
His brother Matias Strandvall is a cross-country skier at World Cup level.
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
VIFK | 2003 | Kakkonen | ||||||||||
2004 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
2005 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
2006 | Ykkönen | |||||||||||
Total | 74 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 19 | ||
Haka | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
2008 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2009 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 31 | 7 | ||
2010 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 10 | ||
IFK Mariehamn | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | |||
2011 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 34 | 8 | ||
Total | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 | ||
VPS | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | |
2013 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 42 | 5 | ||
2014 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 40 | 12 | |
Total | 87 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 114 | 20 | ||
Austria Lustenau | 2014–15 | Austrian 2. Liga | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
Rah Ahan | 2015–16 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
VPS | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 26 | 6 | ||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 11 | |||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 10 | |||
2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 7 | |||
2022 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 3 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | ||
Total | 170 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 202 | 45 | ||
Career total | 457 | 92 | 38 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 533 | 106 |
Finland | |||
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Year | Apps | Goals | |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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