Joel Perovuo

Joel Perovuo (born 11 August 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional football player who currently plays for the Ykkönen side IF Gnistan in Finland.

Joel Perovuo
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-11) 11 August 1985
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IF Gnistan
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2004 Espoon PS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 FC Honka 100 (9)
2010–2011 Djurgården 33 (1)
2011–2013 HJK 58 (4)
2014 Jagiellonia Białystok 4 (0)
2014 → Jagiellonia II Białystok (loan) 7 (0)
2014 HJK Helsinki 10 (0)
2015–2019 FC Honka 117 (12)
2020– IF Gnistan 0 (0)
National team‡
2009– Finland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:23, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2014

Career

Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS in the youth side, before moving to FC Honka. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009 Djurgården announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team.[1]

On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for two-and-half years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Schalke in the Europa League playoff-round.

In 2015 Perovuo returned to FC Honka after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems.

International career

On 11 October 2009 was called up by the Finland national team. Perovuo made his first appearance for Finland at senior level on 18 January 2010. He was at starting line-up, but was replaced by Paulus Arajuuri at 84th minute.[2]

References
  1. "Joel Perovuo klar för DIF" (in Swedish). dif.se. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. "Archived copy" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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