Sebastian Rajalakso

Sebastian Rajalakso
Personal information
Full name Per Johan Sebastian Rajalakso
Date of birth (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Enköping, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nordic United FC
Number 11
Youth career
–1999 Fanna BK
2000–2006 Enköpings SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Enköpings SK 29 (8)
2008–2013 Djurgårdens IF 127 (18)
2013 → Syrianska FC (loan) 23 (4)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok 7 (0)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok II 5 (1)
2014–2017 GIF Sundsvall 80 (2)
2018–2020 Syrianska FC 55 (8)
2020 Fanna BK 0 (0)
2020– Nordic United FC 71 (4)
International career
2007 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2008–2010 Sweden U21 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023

Per Johan Sebastian Rajalakso (born 23 September 1988) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nordic United FC.

Career

Rajalakso joined Djurgårdens IF in the beginning of 2008 from Enköpings SK. He made his debut against IFK Norrköping on March 30, 2008, scoring the 2-0 goal. During his time at Djurgården, he has usually been employed as a left winger in a 4-4-2 formation, but he has also been used as a central attacker in a 4-3-3 system.[1]

He started the 2008 season by scoring in the first five games in the Swedish first league.[2]

In early 2009, Rajalakso was called up to the Swedish U21 squad, taking part in two games against Belgium.

In 2014, Rajalakso played for Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.[3]

Personal life

Rajalakso was born in Sweden to a Finnish father and Swedish mother.[4][5] He is the older brother of fellow footballer Joel Rajalakso.[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Enköping 2007 Superettan 29 8 — — — 29 8
Djurgården 2008 Allsvenskan 27 7 0 0 — 2 0 29 7
2009 Allsvenskan 28 3 1 0 — 0 0 29 3
2010 Allsvenskan 20 1 1 0 — 0 0 21 1
2011 Allsvenskan 28 5 2 0 — 0 0 30 5
2012 Allsvenskan 27 2 0 0 — 0 0 27 2
Total 130 18 4 0 — 2 0 124 18
Syrianska FC (loan) 2013 Allsvenskan 10 1 0 0 — 0 0 10 1
Jagiellonia Białystok 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Jagiellonia Białystok II 2013–14 III liga 5 1 — — — 5 1
Career total 181 28 4 0 — 2 0 187 28

References

  1. ^ "IFK Norrköping FK 1-2 Djurgården" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ^ Jansson, Magnus (15 December 2008). "Läsarnas upplänning: Sebastian Rajalakso" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Officiellt: Sebastian Rajalakso w Jagiellonii" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Chatten med Rajalakso - lovar premiärmål: "Det garanterar jag"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ Männikkö, Taneli (18 May 2008). "Sebastian Rajalakso - jalkapallotähti". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Joel Rajalakso är klar för FC Stockholm!". FC Stockholm Internazionale. Retrieved 5 March 2021.