Ville Tikkanen (footballer)

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Ville Tikkanen
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-08) 8 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
SJK
Number 17
Youth career
2014–2015 Tervarit
2016 OLS
2017 SJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 SJK II [2] 32 (1)
2017– SJK 109 (2)
International career
2018 Finland U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Ville Tikkanen (born 8 August 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for SJK, as a centre back.

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Club career

Born in Oulu, Tikkanen played in the youth sectors of Tervarit and OLS, before moving to SJK in Seinäjoki in 2017, and signing a three-year deal. [3]

On 30 October 2023, the club exercised their option to keep Tikkanen in SJK for the 2024 Veikkausliiga season. [4] On 27 March 2024, Tikkanen was named the captain of his team. [5]

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2024 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cups [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SJK Akatemia 2017 Kolmonen 161161
2018 Kakkonen 5050
2019Kakkonen100100
2020 Ykkönen 1010
Total3210000321
SJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 00200 [lower-alpha 2] 020
2018 Veikkausliiga12030150
2019 Veikkausliiga7030100
2020 Veikkausliiga14020160
2021 Veikkausliiga24100241
2022 Veikkausliiga201503 [lower-alpha 3] 1282
2023 Veikkausliiga27021291
2024 Veikkausliiga504090
Total1092211311334
Career total1413211311655

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References

  1. "17 Ville Tikkanen" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA
  3. "Ville Tikkanen ja Paavo Valakari sopimuksiin" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. Ville Tikkanen jatkaa Kerhossa kaudella 2024, SJK, 30 October 2023
  5. SJK Seinäjoki, sjk, facebook.com, 27 March 2024
  6. Ville Tikkanen at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 October 2023.