Joel Perovuo

Joel Perovuo
Perovuo with Honka in 2018
Personal information
Full name Joel Iljits Perovuo
Date of birth (1985-08-11) 11 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2004 EPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Honka 100 (10)
2010–2011 Djurgården 33 (1)
2011–2013 HJK 58 (4)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok 4 (0)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok II 7 (0)
2014 HJK 10 (0)
2015–2019 Honka 117 (12)
2020 Gnistan 15 (1)
Total 344 (27)
International career
2010 Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joel Iljits Perovuo (born 11 August 1985) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Finland, he has played in Sweden and Poland.[1]

Career

Perovuo with Djurgården in 2011

Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS in the youth side, before moving to FC Honka. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009, Djurgården announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team.[2]

On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for 2+1⁄2 years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Schalke in the Europa League playoff-round.

In 2015, Perovuo returned to FC Honka after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems.

International career

On 11 October 2009, Perovuo was called up by the Finland national team. He made his first appearance for Finland at senior level in a 0–2 friendly loss against South Korea on 18 January 2010. He was in the starting line-up, but was replaced by Paulus Arajuuri in the 84th minute.[3]

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.[4][5]
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 2004 Ykkönen 6 1 – – – 6 1
2005 Ykkönen 13 0 – – – 13 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 21 0 – – – 21 0
2007 Veikkausliiga 15 3 1 0 – 4[c] 0 20 3
2008 Veikkausliiga 20 2 3 0 – 6[d] 0 29 2
2009 Veikkausliiga 25 4 2 2 6 0 4[e] 1 37 7
Total 100 10 6 2 6 0 14 1 126 13
Djurgården 2010 Allsvenskan 23 1 1 0 – – 24 1
2011 Allsvenskan 10 0 1 0 – – 11 0
Total 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
HJK Helsinki 2011 Veikkausliiga 11 1 1 0 0 0 2[e] 0 14 1
2012 Veikkausliiga 25 1 1 0 8 1 6[f] 1 40 3
2013 Veikkausliiga 21 2 2 0 4 1 2[g] 0 29 3
Total 57 4 4 0 12 2 10 1 83 7
Jagiellonia Białystok 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 4 0 2 0 – – 6 0
Jagiellonia Białystok II 2013–14 III liga 7 0 – – – 7 0
HJK Helsinki 2014 Veikkausliiga 10 0 2 0 0 0 5[e] 0 17 0
Honka 2015 Kakkonen 24 6 1 0 – – 25 6
2016 Kakkonen 21 0 4 1 – – 25 1
2017 Ykkönen 28 6 5 0 – – 33 6
2018 Veikkausliiga 23 0 5 0 – – 28 0
2019 Veikkausliiga 23 0 5 0 – – 28 0
Total 119 12 20 1 0 0 0 0 139 13
Gnistan 2020 Ykkönen 15 1 5 0 – – 20 1
Career total 345 28 41 3 18 2 29 2 433 35
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Svenska Cupen and Polish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

HJK[6]

References

  1. ^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Joel Perovuo palloliitto.fi
  2. ^ "Joel Perovuo klar för DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. ^ Joel Perovuo stats, Finnish FA
  5. ^ Joel Perovuo, National-Football-Teams
  6. ^ "Joel Perovuo". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2024.


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