Tuomas Aho
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tuomas Yrjö Aho | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Parikkala, Finland | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–1992 | KeuPa | ||
1993–1994 | Kuusankosken Kumu | ||
1995 | FC Kouvola | ||
1996–1998 | FC Kuusankoski | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998 | Kuusankoski | 5 | (0) |
1999–2004 | MYPA | 118 | (3) |
2002 | → Kuusankoski (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2004–2006 | AGF | 18 | (0) |
2006–2008 | HJK | 59 | (1) |
2007 | → Klubi 04 (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2009–2014 | MyPa | 142 | (5) |
2015–2016 | HIFK | 52 | (2) |
Total | 398 | (11) | |
International career | |||
1999 | Finland U18 | 8 | (0) |
2000 | Finland U19 | 8 | (0) |
2001 | Finland U20 | 5 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Finland U21 | 12 | (0) |
2006 | Finland | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made 371 appearances in the Veikkausliiga, and had a short stint abroad with Danish Superliga club AGF.
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and FC Kuusankoski.[2] He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season.[3]
He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against FC Jazz.[4] He won the Finnish Cup with the club in 2004.[5]
AGF
[edit]On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with Danish Superliga club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired.[6] He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as an substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over Nordsjælland.[7] He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB.[8][9]
Return to Finland
[edit]Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK.[10] He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008.[11] He served as club captain of both HJK and MyPa.[12][13]
On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with HIFK, who were newly promoted to the top division.[14]
Personal life
[edit]Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2024.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kuusankoski | 1998 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
MYPA | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
2000 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
2001 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 1 | – | – | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
2002 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
2003 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | – | – | 4[b] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
2004 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
Total | 110 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 4 | ||
Kuusankoski (loan) | 2002 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
AGF | 2004–05 | Danish Superliga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
2005–06 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
HJK | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 21 | 1 |
2007 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2008 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Total | 59 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 1 | ||
Klubi 04 | 2007 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
MYPA | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |
2010 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
2011 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
2012 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
2013 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 35 | 1 | ||
2014 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
Total | 142 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 5 | ||
HIFK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | ||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
Career total | 391 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 448 | 12 |
Honours
[edit]MyPa
HJK
References
[edit]- ^ "Tuomas Aho, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Vento, Jari (16 May 2019). "Tuomas Aho kesäleirille vierailijaksi". KP-75 (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet – Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006. Jyväskylä: Suomen urheilumuseosäätiö. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
- ^ "Liigapelaajat". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Jalkapallokirja 2005 – Suomen Palloliiton Julkaisu 70: Vuosikerta". journal (in Finnish). Helsinki: Liiton Toimisto. 2005. ISSN 0787-7188.
- ^ "Fodbold: Grahn og Aho til AGF". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Engmann, Jesper (22 March 2005). "Første hele kamp til finne". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Nielsen, Poul F. (7 May 2005). "Bræmer bankede AGF". B.T. (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Superligakamp AaB–AGF, 07.05.2005". SuperStats. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Tuomas Aho skifter til HJK Helsinki". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Aho, Multaharju and Oksanen MyPaan". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Aho, Mikko (27 September 2008). "Veikkausliiga | Tuomas Aho: "On suuri kunnia olla HJK:n kapteeni"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Kapteenisto kaudella 2012". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ^ Perret, Christoffer (13 March 2015). "Tuomas Aho HIFK:hon - ensimmäinen täysin kotimainen joukkue pääsarjassa 7 vuoteen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Isotalo, Mikko; Laukkanen, Riku (14 April 2015). "Topparia etsimässä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- Tuomas Aho at The Guardian
- Tuomas Aho at Veikkausliiga
- Tuomas Aho at Soccerway
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Parikkala
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Danish Superliga players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Sportspeople from South Karelia
- University of Jyväskylä alumni