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Jussi Aalto

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Jussi Aalto
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Rauma, Finland[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Jazz
Number 10
Youth career
1995–2002 Pallo-Iirot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Pallo-Iirot 46 (25)
2005–2006 HJK Helsinki 19 (3)
2005–2006 → Klubi-04 (loan) 9 (4)
2007–2008 FF Jaro 47 (11)
2008 → JBK (loan) 1 (1)
2009–2010 VPS 40 (8)
2011–2012 FF Jaro 50 (6)
2013 FC Haka 24 (15)
2014 SJK 0 (0)
2014 → KTP (loan) 26 (25)
2015 TPS 26 (11)
2016 KTP 26 (15)
2017 PS Kemi 8 (1)
2017–2019 Pallo-Iirot 32 (12)
2019–2020 FC Jazz 27 (17)
2021 Pallo-Iirot 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:42, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Jussi Aalto (born 28 July 1983) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Aalto represented a number of teams in Finland including Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK Helsinki), Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) and Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK).

Early life

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Aalto was born on 28 July 1983 in Rauma, Finland.[2]

Aalto's elder brother, Iiro Aalto, is also a former professional football.[3]

Career

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Aalto began his professional career with local team Pallo-Iirot which played in the Kakkonen (Second Division) in 2003. He played for the club in the Ykkönen (First Division) in 2004 before moving to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK Helsinki) in 2005.[2][4] Aalto played alongside his elder brother Iiro while at HJK Helsinki.[3] However, Aalto received little playing time while at HJK Helsinki making just 19 appearances in two season. While Aalto was playing for them, HJK finished as runners-up in the Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) in both the 2005 and 2006 seasons. They also reached the Finnish Cup final in 2006 and defeated Kokkolan Palloveikot to lift the trophy.[5][6]

In 2007, Aalto moved to FF Jaro where he spent two seasons again playing in the Veikkausliiga.[2]

Aalto would go on to play for Vaasan Palloseura (VPS), Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) and Palloseura Kemi Kings (PS Kemi) in the Veikkausliiga and FC Haka in the Ykkönen.[7]

On 21 December 2015, KTP announced that they had signed Aalto for the 2016 season in Ykkönen.[8]

After football

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Aalto ended his professional career in 2017. Although he continued to play for a few more years, he became an estate agent at OP Financial Group.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Veikkausliiga - Hall of Fame". www.veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Veikkausliiga – Hall of Fame". Veikkausliiga – Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b Welling, Jari (5 November 2014). "Jussi Aalto aikoo muuttaa Turkuun, eikä Raumalle". Turun Sanomat. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b Makelainen, Kimmo (11 July 2017). "Pallo-Iirot esitteli Jussi Aallon ja yhdeksän muuta" [Pallo-Iirot presented Jussi Aalto and nine others] (in Finnish). Satakunnan Kansa. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. ^ Virkkala, Ville (26 April 2007). "Finland 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. ^ Virkkala, Ville (22 April 2006). "Finland 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Finland - Jussi Aalto". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Jussi Aalto palaa Kotkaan – Oskari Kekkoselle sopimus edustusjoukkueeseen" (in Finnish). KTP. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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