Markus Halsti

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Markus Halsti
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Personal information
Full name Markus Halsti
Date of birth 19 March 1984 (1984-03-19) (age 27)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender / Wingback
Club information
Current club Malmö FF
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2007 FC Viikingit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2007 HJK 77 (3)
2008 GAIS 0 (0)
2008– Malmö FF 48 (2)
National team‡
? Finland U21 15 (0)
2008- Finland 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2012

Markus Halsti (born 19 March 1984 in Helsinki) is a Finnish football defender who plays for Malmö FF.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] In Finland

Starting his career in FC Viikingit before moving to HJK in the Finnish top league in 2003, he debuted in 2004, his 2005 season ended badly with a serious injury near the end of the season, he played for HJK until 2008 when Swedish club GAIS signed him after a tip off from former Finnish national team coach Roy Hodgson as a bosman.[1] However before he ever had a chance to make a debut for GAIS he moved to Allsvenska rivals Malmö FF.[2][3] Before signing with GAIS he was on trial with Italian Atalanta, the Norwegian club Start and a few unknown Danish clubs have also been interested but found him too expensive to buy.[1]

[edit] Malmö FF

Following a disappointing couple of years with Malmö FF, Halsti reinvigorated his club career by heading in the 3-2 goal against Kalmar FF away from home in April 2010, which ultimately won Malmö the match. Halsti missed most of the 2010 season due to injury problems. Halsti acted as reserve for the central defender and right defender positions during the 2011 season.

[edit] Career statistics

As of 15 December 2011[4]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland League Finnish Cup Europe Total
2003 HJK Veikkausliiga 3 0 – – 3 0
2004 17 1 – – 17 1
2005 17 2 – – 17 2
2006 21 0 – – 21 0
2007 19 0 – – 19 0
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2008 Malmö FF Allsvenskan 15 0 1 0 – 16 0
2009 10 0 0 0 – 10 0
2010 7 1 1 0 – 8 1
2011 16 1 3 0 8 0 27 1
2012 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total Finland 77 3 0 0 0 0 77 3
Sweden 48 2 5 0 8 0 61 2
Career total 125 5 5 0 8 0 138 5

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Finsk sisu i backlinjen" (in Swedish). Gais.se. 2007-12-14. http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/AA7F19803B624421C12573A70046D835. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
  2. ^ "MFF värvar finsk landslagsback" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan.se. 2008-03-30. http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/article312270/MFF-varvar-finsk-landslagsback.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
  3. ^ "Blixtkupp mot Gais - Halsti såld till Malmö FF" (in Swedish). GP.se. 2008-03-30. http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=128&a=411190. Retrieved 2009-07-03. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Markus Halsti". Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=5151. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 

[edit] External links


Malmö FF – current squad
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