Petteri Forsell
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jani Petteri Forsell[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 October 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Kokkola, Finland[2] | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Miedź Legnica | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
KPV | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | KPV | 23 | (2) |
2009 | VPS | 12 | (1) |
2010–2012 | IFK Mariehamn | 52 | (18) |
2012–2013 | Bursaspor | 2 | (0) |
2013 | → IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 8 | (4) |
2014–2015 | IFK Mariehamn | 48 | (14) |
2016–2017 | Miedź Legnica | 44 | (17) |
2017 | Örebro SK | 8 | (0) |
2018– | Miedź Legnica | 13 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Finland U21 | 6 | (1) |
2013– | Finland | 9 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 July 2018 |
Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Miedź Legnica.
Career
After starting his career with the local KPV, Forsell was signed by a near Veikkausliiga side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side, IFK Mariehamn. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012 he was selected as the player of the month, for July.[3]
On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with Turkish top flight club Bursaspor.[4] He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against FC Twente.
Forsell was selected as the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from Miedź Legnica to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year.[5]
International goals
- Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[6]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 February 2013 | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
References
- ↑ "JANİ PETTERİ FORSELL - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ Mina Vänner 2011: Petteri Forsell
- ↑ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (Petteri Forsell Veikkausliiga's player of the month for July) Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.; Veikkausliiga.com - 9.8.2012 (in Finnish)
- ↑ Petteri Forsellin Bursaspor-siirto varmistui (Petter Forsell's transfer to Bursaspor goes through); Ilta-Sanomat, 5.8.2012 (in Finnish)
- ↑ Petteri Forsell Piłkarzem Września 2018; EkstraKlasa, 10.10.2018 (in Polish)
- ↑ "Forsell, Petteri". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
External links
- Profile at veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
- Profile at ifkmariehamn.com (in Finnish)
- Petteri Forsell at Soccerway
- Petteri Forsell at National-Football-Teams.com
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