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Leo Väisänen
Väisänen with RoPS in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 IF Elfsborg
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2015 KäPa
2015 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Klubi 04 19 (3)
2016 HJK 3 (0)
2016 → PK-35 (loan) 9 (1)
2017–2018 RoPS 46 (1)
2018–2019 Den Bosch 45 (6)
2020– IF Elfsborg 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 Finland U-17 1 (0)
2015 Finland U-18 5 (0)
2015 Finland U-19 4 (1)
2017–2018 Finland U-21 8 (0)
2019– Finland 2 (0)
Medal record
Klubi 04
First place Kakkonen Eastern Group 2015
HJK Helsinki
Second place Veikkausliiga 2016
Second place Finnish Cup 2016
RoPS
Second place Veikkausliiga 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:56, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Leo Väisänen (born 23 July 1997) is a Finnish football Centre back who plays for IF Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan[1] and the Finland national team.[2] Väisänen was born in Helsinki, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for HJK and RoPS, before signing with Den Bosch at age 21 in 2018.[3]

Club career

Väisänen made his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK on 14 April 2016 in a game against RoPS.[4] In November 2016 he signed a two-year contract with RoPS.[5] In August 2018 Väisanen was signed by the Dutch side FC Den Bosch.[6]

On 12 January 2020 Väisänen joined Swedish club IF Elfsborg on a 3,5-year contract.[7]

International

He made his Finland national football team debut on 11 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Liechtenstein, as an 86th-minute substitute for Jukka Raitala.[8]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Sauli Väisänen.[9] Their mother Anna-Liisa Tilus-Väisänen is a television presenter for Yle and Miss World 1984 semi-finalist.

References

  1. ^ Leo Väisänen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Leo Väisänen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Puolustaja Leo Väisänen siirtyy Alankomaihin - Väisäsen uusi seura on FC Den Bosch" [Defender Leo Väisänen moves to the Netherlands - Väisänen's new club is FC Den Bosch] (in Finnish). RoPS. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 14 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Leo Väisänen ja RoPS sopimukseen" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Leo Väisänen siirtyy Alankomaihin - RoPS-puolustajan uusi seura on FC Den Bosch" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ TERVETULOA LEO VÄISÄNEN, elfsborg.se, 12 January 2020
  8. ^ "Liechstenstein v Finland game report". UEFA. 11 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Leo Väisänen: "The goal of a breakthrough in Veikkausliiga"" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 25 February 2017.


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