Tuomas Aho

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Tuomas Aho
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Aho with HIFK in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Parikkala, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
0000–1992 KeuPa
1993–1994 Kumu JT
1995 FC Kouvola
1996–1998 FC Kuusankoski
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998 FC Kuusankoski 5 (0)
1999–2004 MyPa 118 (3)
2002 → FC Kuusankoski (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2006 AGF 18 (0)
2006–2008 HJK 59 (1)
2007 → Klubi 04 (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2014 MyPa 142 (5)
2015–2016 HIFK 52 (2)
Total398(11)
International career
1999 Finland U18 8 (0)
2000 Finland U19 8 (0)
2001 Finland U20 5 (0)
2000–2003 Finland U21 12 (0)
2006 Finland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made more than 300 appearances in the Veikkausliiga, and had a short stint abroad with Danish Superliga club AGF.

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Career

Early years

Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and FC Kuusankoski. [2] He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season. [3]

He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against FC Jazz. [4] He won the Finnish Cup with the club in 2004. [5]

AGF

On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with Danish Superliga club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired. [6] He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as an substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over Nordsjælland. [7] He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB. [8] [9]

Return to Finland

Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK. [10] He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008. [11] He served as club captain of both HJK and MyPa. [12] [13]

On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with HIFK, who were newly promoted to the top division. [14]

Personal life

Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä. [15]

Honours

MyPa

HJK

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References

  1. ↑ "Tuomas Aho, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Vento, Jari (16 May 2019). "Tuomas Aho kesäleirille vierailijaksi". KP-75 (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet – Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006. Jyväskylä: Suomen urheilumuseosäätiö. ISBN   978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. ↑ "Liigapelaajat". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jalkapallokirja 2005 – Suomen Palloliiton Julkaisu 70: Vuosikerta" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Liiton Toimisto. 2005. ISSN   0787-7188.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Fodbold: Grahn og Aho til AGF". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Engmann, Jesper (22 March 2005). "Første hele kamp til finne". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Nielsen, Poul F. (7 May 2005). "Bræmer bankede AGF". B.T. (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Superligakamp AaB–AGF, 07.05.2005". SuperStats. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tuomas Aho skifter til HJK Helsinki". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Aho, Multaharju and Oksanen MyPaan". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Aho, Mikko (27 September 2008). "Veikkausliiga | Tuomas Aho: "On suuri kunnia olla HJK:n kapteeni"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kapteenisto kaudella 2012". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Perret, Christoffer (13 March 2015). "Tuomas Aho HIFK:hon - ensimmäinen täysin kotimainen joukkue pääsarjassa 7 vuoteen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Isotalo, Mikko; Laukkanen, Riku (14 April 2015). "Topparia etsimässä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.
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