Sebastian Strandvall

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Sebastian Strandvall
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Strandvall with VPS in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Gösta Alexander Strandvall
Date of birth (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Vaasa, Finland [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total457(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]

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Career

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]

Outside football

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]

Personal life

His brother Matias Strandvall is a cross-country skier at World Cup level.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VIFK 2003 Kakkonen
2004Kakkonen
2005Kakkonen
2006 Ykkönen
Total74190000007419
Haka 2007 Veikkausliiga 243004 [lower-alpha 3] 0283
2008 Veikkausliiga70000070
2009 Veikkausliiga2571050317
2010 Veikkausliiga10001020
Total57101060406810
IFK Mariehamn 2010Veikkausliiga182182
2011 Veikkausliiga3072021348
Total4892021005210
VPS 2012 Veikkausliiga2432060323
2013 Veikkausliiga3353060425
2014 Veikkausliiga30610752 [lower-alpha 4] 14012
Total8714601952111420
Austria Lustenau 2014–15 Austrian 2. Liga 101101
Rah Ahan 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 11121132
VPS 2016 Veikkausliiga203203
2017 Veikkausliiga225103 [lower-alpha 4] 1266
2018 Veikkausliiga3110513611
2019 Veikkausliiga20260262
2020 Ykkönen219512610
2021Ykkönen24631277
2022 Veikkausliiga923120143
2023 Veikkausliiga2314200273
Total17038276203120245
Career total4579238629692533106

International

As of match played 21 March 2024
Finland
YearAppsGoals
201410
Total10

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. Mina vänner 2011: Sebastian Strandvall
  2. Player's profile, eu-football.info
  3. Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Sebastian Strandvall palloliitto.fi
  4. "VPS heitti jäähyväiset yhdeksälle viime kauden pelaajalle" [VPS bid farewell to nine players from last season]. PalloTV (in Finnish). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. Aleksi Paananen nousi kaikkien aikojen TOP20:een – Sebastian Strandvall päätyi 318 otteluun, veikkausliiga.com, 26 December 2023
  6. "همبازی ۶ سال پیش نصرآزادانی پیگیر فوتبالیست در آستانه اعدام". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. Toukokuun Kuukauden joukkue nimetty Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  8. "Jalkapallotoimittajat nimesivät oman tähdistöjoukkueen". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.