Aapo Halme

Aapo Halme
Personal information
Full name Aapo Ilmari Halme[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Leeds United
Youth career
FC Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015[3] FC Honka 1 (0)
2015 Klubi-04 15 (1)
2015–2018 HJK Helsinki 29 (1)
2018– Leeds United 0 (0)
National team
2013-2014 Finland U16 5 (0)
2014 Finland U17 10 (1)
2015-2016 Finland U18 6 (0)
2015-2017 Finland U19 4 (0)
2017- Finland U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01 October 2018

Aapo Ilmari Halme (born 22 May 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a Centre-back for English club Leeds United and the Finland U21's.[4]

Early career

Halme started his youth career at FC Honka, making 1 senior appearance before joining Klubi-04, where he made 15 appearances and scored 1 goal.

HJK Helsinki

The winners of the 2015 Finnish League Cup HJK Helsinki brought in Halme from Klubi-04 on a 3-year deal expiring at the end of the 2018 season as stated in his contractual obligation.[5][6][7] He made 29 league appearances, over three seasons with the club, scoring 1 goal.

Leeds United

On 3 January 2018, Halme signed for Leeds United[4] from Finnish side HJK Helsinki on a four-year contract for an unknown fee, reported to be less than £500,000. He became the 4th Finnish player to sign for Leeds after Sebastian Sorsa, Mika Väyrynen and Mikael Forssell. [8]

However, Halme picked up a serious foot injury during one of his first training sessions at Leeds in January, the injury ruled him out for the remainder of the season.[9] After nearly 9 months out injured, on 27 August 2018, Halme made his first appearance for the club representing Leeds Under 23's against Q.P.R. Development squad.[10]

International career

Halme has represented Finland U16's, Finland U17's, Finland U18's and Finland U19's.

He made his debut for Finland U21's on 8 June 2017 against Ukraine U21's.

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Leeds United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 21. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.tablesleague.com/teams/helsinki1/aapo_halme/
  3. ↑ https://www.voetbalzone.nl/speler.asp?uid=346075
  4. 1 2 "AAPO HALME SIGNS FOR LEEDS UNITED". leedsunited. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Aapo Halme ja HJK pitkään jatkosopimukseen". Sportti.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/Miehet-3560
  7. ↑ http://urheiluuutiset.com/aapo-halme-jatkaa-klubissa-pitkalla-sopimuksella/
  8. ↑ Lee Sobot (3 January 2018). "Leeds United: Whites sign up Finland Under-19s centre-back". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Iltaheti (14 March 2018). "Twilight injury brakes for the first time in England - "It has not been the easiest entry"". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "U23 REPORT: LEEDS UNITED 1-1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS". Leeds United. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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