Joel Perovuo

Joel Perovuo
Personal information
Date of birth	11 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	IF Gnistan
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2004	Espoon PS
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2009	FC Honka
2010–2011	Djurgården
2011–2013	HJK
2014	Jagiellonia Białystok
2014	→ Jagiellonia II Białystok (loan)
2014	HJK Helsinki
2015–2019	FC Honka
2020–	IF Gnistan
International career‡
2009–	Finland
	*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 professional football player who currently plays for the Ykkönen side IF Gnistan in Finland.

Career

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.^[1]

On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for two-and-half 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 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.^[2]

References

^ "Joel Perovuo klar för DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
^ "Archived copy" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Media related to Joel Perovuo at Wikimedia Commons
Joel Perovuo at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Veikkausliiga Profile
Stats at Guardian Football

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[1] "Joel Perovuo klar för DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.

[2] "Archived copy" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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