Joel Perovuo

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Joel Perovuo
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-11) 11 August 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2004 EPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Honka 100 (9)
2010–2011 Djurgården 33 (1)
2011–2013 HJK 58 (4)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok 4 (0)
2014Jagiellonia Białystok II 7 (0)
2014 HJK 10 (0)
2015–2019 Honka 117 (12)
2020–2021 Gnistan 15 (1)
International career
2009 Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:23, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2014

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

Career[edit]

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+12 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.

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