Jaakko Oksanen

Jaakko Oksanen
Personal information
Full name Jaakko Tapio Oksanen[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Youth career
KP-75
KOPSE
2013–2017 HJK Helsinki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Klubi 04 23 (2)
2017–2018 HJK Helsinki 1 (0)
2018– Brentford 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 Finland U16 3 (0)
2016 Finland U17 6 (1)
2017– Finland U18 2 (1)
2017– Finland U19 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:39, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:08, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Jaakko Tapio Oksanen (born 7 November 2000) is a Finnish professional football midfielder who plays for English club Brentford. He is a product of the HJK Helsinki academy and is a current Finland youth international.

Club career

HJK Helsinki

A midfielder, Oksanen began his career in his native Finland as a youth with KP-75 and KOPSE, before entering the academy at Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki at the age of 12.[3] He made his debut for Klubi 04 during an injury-hit 2016 season and signed a new one-year contract in December 2016.[4][5] Oksanen made 24 appearances and scored two goals during a successful 2017 season for Klubi 04,[4][6] which ended with promotion to the Ykkönen, via the playoffs.[7] One week after the playoff victory, Oksanen made his senior debut for HJK Helsinki, as an 81st-minute substitute for Evans Mensah in a 3–2 defeat to RoPS on 28 October 2017.[4] It proved to be his only appearance for the first team and he departed the Telia 5G -areena on 13 January 2018.[3][4]

Brentford

On 13 January 2018, Oksanen moved to England to sign for the B team at Championship club Brentford on a two-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee.[8]

International career

Oksanen has been capped by Finland at U16, U17, U18 and U19 level.[8][9][10][11] He appeared in each of Finland's three matches at the 2018 European U19 Championship.[4]

Honours

Klubi 04

Career statistics

As of match played 6 May 2018.
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2016[4] Kakkonen Group B 1 0 — — 1 0
2017[6] Kakkonen Group A 22 2 2 0 — 24 2
Total 23 2 2 0 — 25 2
HJK Helsinki 2017[4] Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 24 2 0 0 0 0 24 2

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jaakko Oksanen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Jaakko Oksanen Englantiin". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jaakko Oksanen at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Jenna Oksanen jatkaa Ilveksessä". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Jaakko Oksanen". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Klubi 04 vs FC Viikingit – 21.10.2017 – Viikingit". www.fcviikingit.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Brentford FC Jaakko Oksanen joins Brentford B". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Kymppipaikka.fi. "U16-maajoukkue kaatoi Venäjän". kymppipaikka.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  10. ↑ uefa.com. "Jaakko Oksanen – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Brentford pair called-up by Finland Under-19". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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