Asla Peltola

Asla Peltola
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-06-04) 4 June 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Number 6
Youth career
–2021 HJK
2021–2022 Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Honka II 36 (1)
2023 Honka 0 (0)
2024– AC Oulu 6 (0)
2024– OLS 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024

Asla Peltola (born 4 June 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu.[2]

Career

Peltola started to play football in Oulu, when his father Mike Peltola was playing in AC Oulu.[3][4] Later he went on to join HJK youth team, and Honka youth team in Espoo in 2021. He made his senior debut in the third-tier Kakkonen with the club's reserve team Honka II in 2022.

On 23 November 2023, Peltola returned to Oulu and signed a two-year deal with AC Oulu in Veikkausliiga, with an option for an additional year.[5][6]

Career statistics

As of 23 October 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Honka Akatemia 2022 Kakkonen 16 1 – – – 16 1
2023 Kakkonen 20 0 2 0 – – 22 0
Total 36 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 1
Honka 2023 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AC Oulu 2024 Veikkausliiga 6 0 2 0 5 0 – 13 0
OLS 2024 Ykkönen 16 2 – – – 16 2
Career total 58 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 3
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup

References

  1. ^ Asla Peltola, player profile, acoulu.fi
  2. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, A.Peltola, Finnish FA/Palloliitto
  3. ^ Helsinki Cupissa mukana joukko huippupelaajien lapsia, Helsingin Sanomat, Reetta Heiskanen, 12 July 2013
  4. ^ Handelsbankenin Mike Peltola ei luopunut jalkapallosta ammattiuran päätyttyä – Kouluttaa nykyään nuoria lupauksia: ”On kiva seurata, kuinka nuoret löytävät paikkansa yhteiskunnassa”, talouselama.fi, Saara Koho, 14 March 2021
  5. ^ Asla Peltola saapuu AC Ouluun, acoulu.fi, 23 November 2023
  6. ^ Lupaava kutospaikan pelaaja AC Ouluun - Asla Peltola palaa tuttuun kaupunkiin, Veikkausliiga, 23 November 2023