Jere Uronen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jere Juhani Uronen | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 July 1994||
Place of birth | Turku, Finland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | TPS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | TPS | 18 | (1) |
2011 | → ÅIFK (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2012–2016 | Helsingborgs IF | 71 | (5) |
2016– | Genk | 99 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Finland U15 | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Finland U16 | 16 | (1) |
2011 | Finland U18 | 15 | (0) |
2011 | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Finland U21 | 5 | (0) |
2012− | Finland | 40 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019 |
Jere Uronen (born 13 July 1994) is a Finnish football full back who plays for Belgian club Genk and represents the Finland national football team.[3] Uronen was born in Turku, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for TPS, before signing with Helsingborgs IF at age 17 in 2012.
Uronen made his international debut for Finland in May 2012, at the age of 17 and has since had over 40 caps, including appearing in 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications. He was a regular member of the national team in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification matches and helped Finland secure its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament´s group stage.
Club career
TPS
Raised in TPS's youth ranks, Uronen made his first team debut on 12 June 2011, at the age of 16, in a match against FC Haka. On 31 July, he scored his first goal for TPS, in an eventual 2–4 home defeat against FC Honka. He made in total of 18 appearances – one goal – during his debut season.
Helsingborg
In the early days of 2012 it was announced that Uronen had signed a contract with Helsingborg, in the Swedish top flight.[4] He played his first game for Helsingborg in an exhibition game against Dinamo Zagreb on 1 February, playing the full 90 minutes.
He made his league debut on 2 April, coming on as a substitute, in a 1–0 away defeat against Norrköping.
Genk
In January 2016 Uronen signed a contract with Belgian club Genk.[5] He made his Belgian First Division A debut on 13 March 2016 in a match against Oostende.[6]
International career
Finland youth teams
He was chosen to represent Finland U21 in a qualifying match against Slovenia on 8 August 2011, only at the age of 17.
Finland first team
On 26 May 2012 he made his senior debut with Finland, playing full minutes in a 3−2 victory over Turkey and so he became the third youngest player in the history of the national team.[7] Uronen made his FIFA World Cup qualification match debut on 12 October 2012 when Mixu Paatelainen chose him to the starting eleven for a match against Georgia.[8] He made his first international goal in a friendly match against Belarus on Tampere Stadium on 9 June 2018.[9]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cups | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
ÅIFK | 2011 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
TPS | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Helsingborg | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10[b][a] | 0 | 28 | 2 |
2013 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
2014 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2015 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |||
Total | 71 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 86 | 6 | ||
Genk | 2015–16 | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 1 | 8[c] | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | |
2016–17 | 20 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 13[a] | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
Total | 86 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 124 | 5 | ||
Career total | 178 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 238 | 11 |
- ^ a b c d Appearances in the Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the Champions League
- ^ a b Including appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs
International
- As of match played 15 October 2019[12]
National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Finland | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
International goals
- As of match played on 9 June 2018. Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[13]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 June 2018 | Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Honours and achievements
Club
Helsingborgs IF
Genk
Individual
- Veikkausliiga September All Star Team: 2011[14]
References
- Profile at fc.tps.fi (in Finnish)
- Profile at veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
- Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame (in Finnish)
- ^ "J. Uronen". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "J. Uronen". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Jere Uronen" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Two new signings to HIF Archived 3 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
- ^ "Fins international Jere Uronen tekent bij KRC Genk" (in Dutch). KRC Genk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Uronen debytoi Belgian liigassa" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ HUU-TV: Uronen häkeltyi avauspaikasta Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Näin Suomi-Georgia -ottelu eteni" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Uronen ja Yaghoubi laukoivat Valko-Venäjän nurin" [Uronen and Yaghoubi shoot down Belarus] (in Finnish). Kaleva. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Jere Uronen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Jere Uronen". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Jere Uronen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/20248/Finland_Belarus.html
- ^ "Palkinnot" [Awards] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
External links
- KRC Genk official profile
- Jere Uronen – SPL competition record
- Jere Uronen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Jere Uronen – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jere Uronen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jere Uronen at Soccerbase
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Turku
- Association football fullbacks
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Finland under-21 international footballers
- Finland youth international footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Åbo IFK players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate footballers