Will Jääskeläinen

William Albert Jääskeläinen (born 25 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Crewe Alexandra, as a goalkeeper. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2022.

Will Jääskeläinen
Jaaskeleinen playing for Crewe Alexandra at Crawley Town
Personal information
Full name William Albert Jääskeläinen[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998[2]
Place of birth Bolton, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 1
Youth career
2015–2017 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Leek Town 0 (0)
2017– Crewe Alexandra 84 (0)
2017 → Loughborough Dynamo (loan)
2017 → Nantwich Town (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Buxton (loan)
2018 → Chester (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Nantwich Town (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Nantwich Town (loan) 13 (0)
National team‡
Finland U19
Finland U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:55, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:57, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Born in England, he represents Finland at youth international level.

Club career

Jääskeläinen turned professional with Bolton Wanderers at the start of the 2015–16 season.[2] After being released by the club, he had a trial in August 2017 at VPS[5] in his father's native Finland. On 24 July he signed for Leek Town[6][7] however a month later, he signed for Crewe Alexandra.[8] During the 2017–18 season, Jääskeläinen went on loan to Loughborough Dynamo,[9] Nantwich Town,[10][11] Buxton,[12] and Chester.[13]

Jääskeläinen signed a new three-year contract with Crewe in May 2018,[14] but spent much of the 2018–19 season on loan again at Nantwich Town,[15][16][17] though a loan extension to the end of the season was cut short when Crewe recalled him on 20 March 2019.[18]

He made his first team debut for Crewe Alexandra on 19 April 2019, keeping a clean sheet, in a 2–0 win over Yeovil Town at Gresty Road.[19]

In June 2020, Jääskeläinen signed a new two-year deal with Crewe.[20] Following relegation to League Two, Jääskeläinen was released by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season.[21]

International career

Jääskeläinen represented Finland at under-19 youth level.[4]

In August 2019, he was called up by Finland Under-21s for two UEFA Euro U21 qualifiers.[22] He was called up again by the under-21s in November 2019.[23]

Personal life

He is the son of former Bolton Wanderers and Finland goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen.[24] His younger brother Emil signed his first professional contract with Blackpool in 2019.[25]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 February 2022.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2018–19[26] League Two 4000000040
2019–20[27] League Two 350400000390
2020–21[28] League One 310200000330
2021–22[29] League One 140002030190
Total 840602030950
Nantwich Town (loan) 2017–18[30] Northern Premier League 0010–0010
Nantwich Town (loan) 2018–19[31] Northern Premier League 13000–1[lower-alpha 1]0140
Career total 9707020401100
  1. Appearance(s) in the Cheshire Senior Cup

Honours
Crewe Alexandra

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "Profile". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. Dunlavy, Chris (4 February 2016). "Profile: Wigan keeper and Bolton legend Jussi Jaaskelainen". The Football League Paper. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. Will Jääskeläinen at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. William Jääskeläinen tutustumassa Vepsuun, VPSTV Youtube, 1 August 2017
  6. Jaaskelainen Jnr Joins Leek As Son Of Bolton Star Makes His Way
  7. Transfer News: Jaaskelainen finds a new club"
  8. "Will Jaaskelainen: Crewe sign goalkeeper on one-year deal after release from Bolton". BBC Sport. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  9. "Dynamo sign son of Premier League legend". Loughborough Dynamo F.C. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. "Nantwich Town sign Crewe Alex keeper Will Jaaskelainen on month loan". Nantwich News. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. "Crewe keeper Jaaskelainen extends Nantwich stay". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  12. "Buxton loan Crewe keeper Jaaskelainen". Non-League Daily. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  13. "Will Jaaskelainen: Chester sign Crewe goalkeeper on one-month loan". BBC Sport. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  14. "Will Jaaskelainen and Oliver Finney sign new Crewe Alexandra contacts". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. Nantwich sign Will Jaaskelainen on loan, thenonleaguefootballpaper.com, 16 August 2018
  16. Crewe Alex keeper Will Jaaskelainen set to rejoin Nantwich Town on loan, cheshire-live.co.uk, 21 November 2018
  17. Dabbers extend Jaaskelainen loan, nantwichtownfc.co.uk, 18 December 2018
  18. Will Jaaskelainen returns to Crewe Alexandra, nantwichtownfc.co.uk, 20 March 2019
  19. "Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  20. "Contract Extensions Update". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  21. "2021–22 Retained List". www.crewealex.net. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  22. Johnson, Matt (28 August 2019). "Jaaskelainen Called Up By Finland U21s". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  23. Johnson, Steve. "Player misses Northampton game due to international call-up". Vital Crewe. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  24. Marc Iles (20 May 2016). "Jussi Jaaskelainen: I was 100 per cent ready to come back to Wanderers". The Bolton News. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  25. "Youngsters Sign Professional Deals". Blackpool F.C. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  26. "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  27. "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  28. "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  29. "Games played by Will Jääskeläinen in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  30. Football Web Pages: "Nantwich Town – Appearances – Will Jaaskelainen – 2017-2018"
  31. Football Web Pages: "Nantwich Town – Appearances – Will Jaaskelainen – 2018-2019"
  32. "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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