Jere Uronen

Jere Uronen (born 13 July 1994) is a Finnish football full back who plays for Belgian club Genk and represents the Finland national football team.[3] Uronen was born in Turku, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for TPS, before signing with Helsingborgs IF at age 17 in 2012.

Jere Uronen
Personal information
Full name Jere Juhani Uronen
Date of birth (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994[1]
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Genk
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2011 TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 TPS 18 (1)
2011 → ÅIFK (loan) 3 (1)
2012–2016 Helsingborgs IF 71 (5)
2016– Genk 132 (4)
National team‡
2009 Finland U15 4 (0)
2009–2010 Finland U16 16 (1)
2011 Finland U18 15 (0)
2011 Finland U19 4 (0)
2011–2012 Finland U21 5 (0)
2012− Finland 46 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Uronen made his international debut for Finland in May 2012, at the age of 17 and has since had over 40 caps, including appearing in 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications. He was a regular member of the national team in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification matches and helped Finland secure its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament´s group stage.

Club career

TPS

Raised in TPS's youth ranks, Uronen made his first team debut on 12 June 2011, at the age of 16, in a match against FC Haka. On 31 July, he scored his first goal for TPS, in an eventual 2–4 home defeat against FC Honka. He made in total of 18 appearances – one goal – during his debut season.

Helsingborg

In the early days of 2012 it was announced that Uronen had signed a contract with Helsingborg, in the Swedish top flight.[4] He played his first game for Helsingborg in an exhibition game against Dinamo Zagreb on 1 February, playing the full 90 minutes.

He made his league debut on 2 April, coming on as a substitute, in a 1–0 away defeat against Norrköping.

Genk

In January 2016 Uronen signed a contract with Belgian club Genk.[5] He made his Belgian First Division A debut on 13 March 2016 in a match against Oostende.[6]

International career

Finland youth teams

He was chosen to represent Finland U21 in a qualifying match against Slovenia on 8 August 2011, only at the age of 17.

Finland first team

On 26 May 2012 he made his senior debut with Finland, playing full minutes in a 3−2 victory over Turkey and so he became the third youngest player in the history of the national team.[7] Uronen made his FIFA World Cup qualification match debut on 12 October 2012 when Mixu Paatelainen chose him to the starting eleven for a match against Georgia.[8] He made his first international goal in a friendly match against Belarus on Tampere Stadium on 9 June 2018.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 May 2019[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cups Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ÅIFK 2011 Kakkonen 3000—30
TPS 2011 Veikkausliiga 181301[lower-alpha 1]0221
Helsingborg 2012 Allsvenskan 1721010[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 1]0282
2013 4030—70
2014 24051—291
2015 26300—263
Total 71591100866
Genk 2015–16 Belgian First Division A 1218[lower-alpha 3]1—222
2016–17 2003[lower-alpha 3]113[lower-alpha 1]1362
2017–18 23020—250
2018–19 3111011[lower-alpha 1]0431
Total 8621422411245
Career total 178826334023811
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Champions League
  3. Including appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs

International
As of match played 15 October 2019[12]
National teamYearCompetitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 201210 3 0 4 0
201300 1 0 1 0
201420 2 0 4 0
201560 1 0 7 0
201610 4 0 5 0
201730 2 0 5 0
201850 3 1 8 1
201960 0 0 6 0
Total 24 0 16 1 40 1

International goals
As of match played on 9 June 2018. Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[13]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2018Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland Belarus1–02–0Friendly

Honours and achievements

Club

Helsingborgs IF

Genk

Individual

References
  1. "J. Uronen". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. "J. Uronen". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. "Jere Uronen" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. Two new signings to HIF Archived 3 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  5. "Fins international Jere Uronen tekent bij KRC Genk" (in Dutch). KRC Genk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. "Uronen debytoi Belgian liigassa" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. HUU-TV: Uronen häkeltyi avauspaikasta Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Näin Suomi-Georgia -ottelu eteni" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. "Uronen ja Yaghoubi laukoivat Valko-Venäjän nurin" [Uronen and Yaghoubi shoot down Belarus] (in Finnish). Kaleva. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. "Jere Uronen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  11. "Jere Uronen". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  12. "Jere Uronen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  13. https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/20248/Finland_Belarus.html
  14. "Palkinnot" [Awards] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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