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Will Jääskeläinen
Jaaskeleinen playing for Crewe Alexandra at Crawley Town
Personal information
Full name William Albert Jääskeläinen[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Bolton, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 1
Youth career
2015–2017 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Crewe Alexandra 59 (0)
2017 → Loughborough Dynamo (loan)
2017 → Nantwich Town (loan)
2018 → Buxton (loan)
2018 → Chester (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Nantwich Town (loan)
2018–2019 → Nantwich Town (loan)
International career‡
Finland U19
Finland U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:05, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:57, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

William Albert Jääskeläinen (born 25 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Crewe Alexandra, as a goalkeeper.

Born in England, he represents Finland at youth international level.

Club career

Jääskeläinen turned professional with Bolton Wanderers at the start of the 2015–16 season.[2] After being released by the club, he had a trial in August 2017 at VPS[5] in his father's native Finland. Later the same month, he signed for Crewe Alexandra.[6]

During the 2017–2018 season, Jääskeläinen went on loan to Loughborough Dynamo,[7] Nantwich Town,[8][9] Buxton,[10] and Chester.[11]

Jääskeläinen signed a new three-year contract with Crewe in May 2018,[12] but spent much of the 2018–2019 season on loan again at Nantwich Town,[13][14][15] though a loan extension to the end of the season was cut short when Crewe recalled him on 20 March 2019.[16]

He made his first team debut for Crewe Alexandra on 19 April 2019, keeping a clean sheet, in a 2–0 win over Yeovil Town at Gresty Road.[17]

In June 2020, Jääskeläinen signed a new two-year deal with Crewe.[18]

International career

Jääskeläinen represented Finland at under-19 youth level.[4]

In August 2019, he was called up by Finland Under-21s for two UEFA Euro U21 qualifiers.[19] He was called up again by the under-21s in November 2019.[20]

Personal life

He is the son of former Bolton Wanderers and Finland goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen.[21] His younger brother Emil signed his first professional contract with Blackpool in 2019.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 January 2021.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2018–19[23] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2019–20[24] League Two 35 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
2020–21[25] League One 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Career total 59 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 65 0

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 22 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ https://www.theleaguepaper.com/featured/3941/profile-wigan-keeper-and-bolton-legend-jussi-jaaskelainen/
  4. ^ a b Will Jääskeläinen at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. ^ William Jääskeläinen tutustumassa Vepsuun, VPSTV Youtube, 1 Aug 2017
  6. ^ "Will Jaaskelainen: Crewe sign goalkeeper on one-year deal after release from Bolton". BBC Sport. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Dynamo sign son of Premier League legend". Loughborough Dynamo F.C. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Nantwich Town sign Crewe Alex keeper Will Jaaskelainen on month loan". Nantwich News. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Crewe keeper Jaaskelainen extends Nantwich stay". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Buxton loan Crewe keeper Jaaskelainen". Non-League Daily. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Will Jaaskelainen: Chester sign Crewe goalkeeper on one-month loan". BBC Sport. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Will Jaaskelainen and Oliver Finney sign new Crewe Alexandra contacts". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  13. ^ Nantwich sign Will Jaaskelainen on loan, thenonleaguefootballpaper.com, 16 August 2018
  14. ^ Crewe Alex keeper Will Jaaskelainen set to rejoin Nantwich Town on loan, cheshire-live.co.uk, 21 November 2018
  15. ^ Dabbers extend Jaaskelainen loan, nantwichtownfc.co.uk, 18 December 2018
  16. ^ Will Jaaskelainen returns to Crewe Alexandra, nantwichtownfc.co.uk, 20 March 2019
  17. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Contract Extensions Update". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  19. ^ Johnson, Matt (28 August 2019). "Jaaskelainen Called Up By Finland U21s". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  20. ^ Johnson, Steve. "Player misses Northampton game due to international call-up". Vital Crewe. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  21. ^ Marc Iles (20 May 2016). "Jussi Jaaskelainen: I was 100 per cent ready to come back to Wanderers". The Bolton News. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Youngsters Sign Professional Deals". Blackpool F.C. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  25. ^ "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2020.


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