Anssi Jaakkola

Anssi Valtteri Jaakkola (born 13 March 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Bristol Rovers. He also represents the Finnish national team.[2] Jaakkola was born in Kemi, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for TP-47, before signing with Serie A side Siena at age 19 in 2007.[3]

Anssi Jaakkola
Personal information
Full name Anssi Valtteri Jaakkola[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987
Place of birth Kemi, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2003 FC-88
2003–2004 TP-47
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 TP-47 17 (0)
2007–2010 Siena 1 (0)
2009 → Colligiana (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2011 Slavia Prague 2 (0)
2011–2013 Kilmarnock 14 (0)
2013–2016 Ajax Cape Town 78 (0)
2016–2019 Reading 20 (0)
2019– Bristol Rovers 31 (0)
National team‡
2007–2009 Finland U21 11 (0)
2011– Finland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2018

Jaakkola made his international debut for Finland in June 2011, at the age of 24. He was nominated for all 10 of Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualification matches but did not gain any appearances when Finland national team secured its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage.

Career

Jaakkola previously played for TP-47 and FC-88. In the January 2007 window, Jaakkola signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Serie A side Siena. He made his Serie A debut by substituting Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos in the 2007–08 season final matchday, a 2–2 home draw with Palermo. In 2009, he was loaned to V.F. Colligiana in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

He moved to Slavia Prague on free transfer in July 2010, signing a two-year contract with the option of a further year.[4]

Kilmarnock

In January 2011, Jaakkola left Slavia for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock, under the management of fellow Finn Mixu Paatelainen.[5]

He made his debut as a substitute on 12 February against Hibernian. He then made his first start on 26 February against St Mirren.

He left Kilmarnock when his contract expired in the summer of 2013.

Ajax Cape Town

Jaakkola joined South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town in August 2013.[6]

Reading

On 11 July 2016, Jaakkola signed a two-year contract with Reading.[7] Jaakkola made his competitive debut for Reading on 8 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes of Reading's 2–0 EFL Cup victory over Plymouth Argyle.[8]

He was released by Reading at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

Bristol Rovers

After his contract at Reading expired, Jaakkola joined League One side Bristol Rovers.[10] Jaakola made over twenty appearances in his debut season for Rovers before his season was cut short by an injury on New Years Day against Milton Keynes Dons. After the season was cut short, Jaakola signed a new contract on 3 July 2020 until the end of the 2021-22 season with an option for a further year.[11]

International

On 30 August 2010 he was selected to represent Finland for European Championship qualification matches against Moldova and Netherlands as a replacement for injured Peter Enckelman.[12] However, he didn't earn any caps. He made his national team debut on 7 June 2011, conceding five goals against Sweden in a 5–0 away loss.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TP-47 2005[13] Veikkausliiga 3000——30
2006[13] Ykkönen 14000——140
Total 17000——170
Siena 2006–07[13] Serie A 0000——00
2007–08[13] Serie A 1000——10
2008–09[13] Serie A 0000——00
2009–10[13] Serie A 0000——00
Total 1000——10
Colligiana (loan) 2008–09[14] Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 7000——70
Slavia Prague 2010–11[13] Czech First League 2020——40
Kilmarnock 2010–11[15] Scottish Premier League 800000—80
2011–12[16] Scottish Premier League 500010—60
2012–13[17] Scottish Premier League 000000—00
Total 1300010—140
Ajax Cape Town 2013–14[13] South African Premier Division 2400010—250
2014–15[13] South African Premier Division 2804020—340
2015–16[13] South African Premier Division 26010104[lower-alpha 1]0320
Total 780504040910
Reading 2016–17[18] Championship 000030—30
2017–18[19] Championship 503030—110
2018–19[20] Championship 1501000—160
Total 2004060—300
Reading U23 2016–17[18] ———3[lower-alpha 2]030
Bristol Rovers 2019–20[21] League One 210302000260
Career total 1590140130701930
  1. Appearances in 8 Cup
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 26 March 2018[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201110
201710
201810
Total30

Honours

Club
Kilmarnock[13]
Ajax Cape Town[13]

Personal life

Jaakkola has one daughter and one son. His wife is Scottish.

References
  1. "Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. "Anssi Jaakkola" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. "Anssi Jaakkola TP-47:stä ammattilaiseksi Italiaan" [Anssi Jaakkola moves from TP-47 to be a professional in Italy] (in Finnish). Kaleva. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. (in Czech)Anssi Jaakkola slávistou Archived 18 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Slavia Prague website
  5. "Kilmarnock add Finnish goalkeeper". 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. "New Faces at Ajax". SoccerLaduma. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  7. "Jaakkola joins Royals ranks". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  8. "Reading 2–0 Plymouth". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. "Paul McShane: Reading defender released by the Championship club". BBC Sport. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  10. "Anssi Jaakkola: Bristol Rovers sign goalkeeper following his Reading release". 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. "Anssi Jaakkola Agrees Contract Extension". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. Anssi Jaakkola liittyy Huuhkajiin EM-karsinnan avauksessa Archived 18 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  13. "A. Jaakkola: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  14. "Jaakkola, Anssi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  15. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  16. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  17. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  18. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  19. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  20. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  21. "Games played by Anssi Jaakkola in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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