Aleksi Paananen
Aleksi Paananen (born 25 January 1993) is a Finnish football player currently playing for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku. He is often labeled as Thiago Alcantara or Diego Maradona of Finnish football, of which the latter he got the nickname ”Diego”.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Siilinjärvi, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KuPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | KuPS | 110 | (9) |
| 2011 | → PK-37 (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | FC Lahti | 118 | (4) |
| 2019– | Inter Turku | 64 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| Finland U-16 | 4 | (1) | |
| Finland U-17 | 15 | (3) | |
| Finland U-18 | 4 | (?) | |
| Finland U-19 | 4 | (0) | |
| Finland U-21 | 10 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2022 | |||
Career
FC Inter Turku
On 1 November 2018, Inter Turku announced the signing of Paananen for the 2019 season.[2] He signed a 2-year deal.
References
- (in Finnish) Profile at kups.fi
- Veikkausliiga - Hall Of Fame Archived 14 June 2009 at WebCite
- Aleksi Paananen siirtyy FC Interiin Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fcinter.fi, 1 November 2018
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