Antti Mäkijärvi

Antti Mäkijärvi (born 8 December 1993) is a Finnish professional football midfielder who plays for Ykkönen side KTP. Previously, he played in German Regionalliga Nord side VfB Oldenburg.[1] Mäkijärvi was born in Espoo, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Pallohonka, before making his league debut for Honka at age 17 in 2011. After winning his first trophy, the Finnish League Cup, during his first season on league level, he helped Honka win the 2012 Cup.

Antti Mäkijärvi
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
KTP
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2011 Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Pallohonka 43 (11)
2011–2014 Honka 92 (10)
2015 Ilves 17 (2)
2015–2017 Oldenburg 16 (1)
2018–2019 Honka 18 (0)
2019– KTP 38 (12)
National team
2008 Finland U-15 3 (0)
2009 Finland U-16 11 (3)
2010 Finland U-17 4 (1)
2010–2011 Finland U-18 12 (0)
2012 Finland U-20 2 (2)
2012–2013 Finland U-21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:43, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Honka

Mäkijärvi started his Veikkausliiga career in local team FC Honka in 2011.

Ilves

On 14 April 2015, Mäkijärvi signed for FC Ilves on a one-year contract.[2]

Oldenburg

On 10 August 2015 it was announced that Mäkijärvi had signed a contract with VfB Oldenburg.[3]

Return to Honka

On 1 April 2018, Mäkijärvi signed a 1+1 year contract with Honka.[4]

International career

Mäkijärvi has 40 caps for Finland national youth teams. He made his debut in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifications in Raatti Stadium, Oulu on 11 June 2013 in a match against Lithuania.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 July 2019[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pallohonka 2009 Kakkonen 9 1 0 0 9 1
2010 24 5 0 0 24 5
2011 10 5 0 0 10 5
Total 43 11 0 0 43 11
Honka 2011 Veikkausliiga 10 0 2 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 0
2012 28 5 3 1 31 4
2013 31 2 8 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 41 4
2014 23 3 4 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 29 3
Total 92 10 17 3 5 0 114 13
Ilves 2015 Veikkausliiga 17 2 1 0 19 2
Oldenburg 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 13 1 0 0 13 1
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 16 1 0 0 16 1
Honka 2018 Veikkausliiga 18 3 0 0 18 3
KTP 2019 Ykkönen 13 2 2 0 15 2
Career total 199292035 022432
  1. Appearances in the Europa League

Honours and achievements

Club

Honka

References

  1. "Oldenburg verpflichtet Mäkijärvi" (in German). kicker. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. "Antti Mäkijärvi Ilvekseen". FC Ilves. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  3. "Antti Mäkijärvi wird Oldenburger - Offensivspieler unterschreibt Vertrag" (in German). vfb-oldenburg.de. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. "Antti Mäkijärvi pelasi kolme vuotta Saksassa – palaa nyt Veikkausliigaan" [Antti Mäkijärvi played for three years in Germany - now returns to Veikkausliiga] (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. "Pohjanpalo Pikkuhuuhkajien ryhmässä" [Pohjanpalo in the little Eagle Owls] (in Finnish). Yle. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. "A. Mäkijärvi". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2019.


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