Rasmus Karjalainen

Rasmus Karjalainen (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swedish club Örebro, on loan from Fortuna Sittard[1] and represents the Finland national football team.[2] He began his senior career in 2014, at age 18, with OLS. Karjalainen made his international debut for Finland in June 2018, and has since appeared in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League and in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign, in which Finland national team secured its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage.

Rasmus Karjalainen
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Karjalainen
Date of birth (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Örebro
(on loan from Fortuna Sittard)
Number 37
Youth career
0000–2013 OLS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 OLS 19 (1)
2015 SJK Akatemia 27 (15)
2016 AC Oulu 22 (3)
2017 PS Kemi 32 (8)
2018–2019 KuPS 43 (19)
2019– Fortuna Sittard 15 (1)
2020– → Örebro SK (loan) 7 (3)
National team‡
2016 Finland U19 1 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U21 9 (0)
2018– Finland 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 December 2020

International career

International goals
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[3]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 January 2019Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Estonia1–21–2Friendly

References
  1. "Fortuna Sittard contracteert fins international Karjalainen" (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. "Rasmus Karjalainen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. "Rasmus Karjalainen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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