Henri Aalto
Henri Aalto (born 20 April 1989) is a Finnish professional football defender who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Honka.[2] He began his senior club career playing for Honka and made his league debut at age 19 in 2008. He helped Honka win two successive League Cup titles and the Finnish Cup.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Honka | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| HooGee | |||
| 2001–2007 | Honka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2014 | Honka | 140 | (8) |
| 2008 | → GrIFK (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | → Pallohonka (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 2015–2017 | SJK | 44 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | (1) |
| 2018– | Honka | 33 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Finland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Finland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2019 | |||
Club career
Honka
Aalto was born in Espoo, Finland. Raised in Honka's youth ranks, he made his first team debut on 27 April 2008, at the age of 19, in a match against MYPA.[3] He represented Honka for eight seasons in 140 league matches in which he scored 8 goals.
SJK
On 15 March 2015, it was announced that Aalto had signed a contract with SJK.[4] Aalto made his league debut for the club on 19 April 2015, playing all ninety minutes of a 1–0 home victory over RoPS.[5] He spent the 2015 and 2016 Veikkausliiga seasons with the club.
VfB Oldenburg
In the winter of 2017 Aalto signed a contract with VfB Oldenburg, in the German Regionalliga.[6] Aalto made his competitive debut for the club on 5 February 2017 in a 3–3 draw in the league with Lupo Martini.[7] He scored his first league goal for the club exactly two weeks after he made his debut, with it coming in the 34th minute of a 2–1 league defeat to Weiche Flensburg.[8] He would go on to make 32 league appearances for the club, scoring 1 goal.
Return to Honka
In July 2018 it was announced that Aalto would return to Honka.[9]
International career
Aalto has capped 14 matches for various Finland youth teams. He made his debut for the Finland U21 in a match against Estonia U21 on Esport Arena on 11 February 2009 when he replaced Jussi Heikkinen for the second period of the match.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 18 May 2019[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cups | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GrIFK | 2008 | Ykkönen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Honka | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 0 | — | 41 | 4 | |||
| 2013 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 140 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 184 | 9 | ||
| SJK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2016 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Oldenburg | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nord | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| Honka | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 245 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 306 | 10 | ||
- Appearances in the Europa League
- Appearances in the Champions League
Honours and achievements
Club
Honka
SJK
References
- "FC Honka". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- "Honkaan palannut Henri Aalto haaveilee mestaruudesta Espoossa – "Se olisi upea päätös kansalliselle uralle"" (in Finnish). YLE. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "SJK ja puolustaja Henri Aalto sopimukseen" (in Finnish). SJK. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "SJK vs. RoPS – 19 April 2015 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "Henri Aalto siirtyy Saksaan" (in Finnish). YLE. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "VfB Oldenburg vs. Lupo-Martini – 5 February 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "VfB Oldenburg vs. Weiche Flensburg – 19 February 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "Honkaan palannut Henri Aalto haaveilee mestaruudesta Espoossa – "Se olisi upea päätös kansalliselle uralle"" (in Finnish). YLE. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "U21: Suomi kaatoi Viron" [U21: Finland wins Estonia] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Henri Aalto". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
External links
- VfB Oldenburg official profile (in German)
- Henri Aalto – UEFA competition record
- Henri Aalto at Soccerway