Ville Salmikivi

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Ville Salmikivi
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Ville Salmikivi playing for HIFK in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1998–1999 HIFK
2000–2010 PK-35
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 PK-35 Vantaa 2 (1)
2011–2012 Viikingit 49 (27)
2013–2014 MyPa 28 (6)
2014 → Sudet (loan) 1 (1)
2015–2016 HIFK 49 (12)
2017 Beroe 14 (1)
2017–2018 Olimpia Grudziądz 12 (1)
2018 → GKS Jastrzębie (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019 Lahti 29 (0)
2020–2022 PK-35 39 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024

Ville Salmikivi (born 20 May 1992) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Contents

Career

Youth career

Salmikivi begun playing football being five years old in HIFK. The youth organisation of HIFK was acquired by PK-35 in 2000, thus he played in PK-35 until the season 2010. [1] He was selected as "The Boy Player of the Year" of the club in 2008. [2]

Viikingit

Salmikivi didn't manage to break through to the first team of PK-35, therefore he moved to FC Viikingit for the season of 2011. In Viikingit he was the top goalscorer of the season 2011 in Ykkönen, scoring 20 goals. The accomplishment earned himself to be "The Footballer of the Season 2011 in Ykkönen", voted by the Federation of Finnish Footballers. During the season 2012, he scored seven times. [3]

MyPa

For the season 2013, he transferred to MyPa. [4] He made his league debut on 14 May 2013 in the opening match against KuPS. [5] He continued to play for MyPa in 2014.

HIFK

For the season 2015, he made a contract with HIFK. [6]

Beroe

On 3 February 2017 Salmikivi joined Beroe Stara Zagora of the Bulgarian First League. [7] He made his debut in the league on February 17, scoring one goal for the 4-0 thrashing over Dunav Ruse at home. [8] He left Beroe on 9 June 2017. [9]

Olimpia Grudziądz

On 13 July 2017, Salmikivi signed with I liga side Olimpia Grudziądz. [10] In 2018, he was loaned out to GKS Jastrzębie.

Return to Finland

Later he returned to Finland and played for FC Lahti and PK-35.

Career statistics

As of 22 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PK-35 Vantaa 2010 Ykkönen 2100––21
Viikingit 2011 Ykkönen2320–––2320
2012 Ykkönen26710––277
Total492710––––5027
MYPA 2013 Veikkausliiga 1330050–183
2014 Veikkausliiga15310104 [lower-alpha 3] 0213
Total286106040396
Sudet (loan)2014 Kolmonen 11–––11
HIFK 2015 Veikkausliiga2560021–277
2016 Veikkausliiga2462141–308
Total49122162––5715
Beroe 2016–17 Bulgarian First League 14100––141
Olimpia Grudziądz 2017–18 I liga 12110––131
GKS Jastrzębie (loan)2017–18 II liga 100–––100
Lahti 2018 Veikkausliiga140––1 [lower-alpha 3] 0150
2019 Veikkausliiga15060––210
Total29060––10360
PK-35 2020 Kakkonen 165–––165
2021Ykkönen15141––192
2022Ykkönen81–––81
Total39741––––438
Career total233561521225026560

Honours

GKS Jastrzębie

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References

  1. ↑ "Mypa uutiset | Myllykosken Pallo". www.mypa.fi. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Vuosien palkitut". www.pk-35.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Salmikivi ja Pyhäranta Viikingeistä MYPA:an | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Salmikivi ja Pyhäranta Viikingeistä MYPA:an | Suomen Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13.
  5. ↑ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Match.aspx?id=1302441 [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Veikkausliiga | Salmikivi palaa juurilleen - sopimus HIFK:n kanssa". www.veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
  7. ↑ Виле Салмикиви е играч на „Берое“
  8. ↑ Летящ старт за Берое, заралии с тежък погром над Дунав
  9. ↑ ""Берое" се раздели със Салмикиви" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 9 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ville Salmikivi kolejnym wzmocnieniem!" (in Polish). olimpiagrudziadz.com. 13 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "II liga 2017/2018". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  12. ↑ FC Viikinkien Salmikivi Ykkösen kuukauden pelaaja, kymppipaikka.fi, 8 September 2011
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