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Finnish footballer (born 1993)

Janne Saksela
Saksela in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 PK-35 Vantaa 19 (1)
2012 HJK 0 (0)
2012–2013 JJK Jyväskylä 9 (1)
2014–2017 RoPS 69 (3)
2017–2019 Sparta Rotterdam 22 (0)
2017–2018 Jong Sparta Rotterdam 5 (1)
2019–2020 Ilves 11 (0)
2021–2022 HJK 19 (0)
International career
2016–2017 Finland 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Janne Saksela (born 14 March 1993) is a Finnish former footballer.

Club career

On 3 August 2019 he returned to Finland, signing a 1.5-year contract with Ilves. He suffered an ACL rupture just 8 days later in his second game for Ilves and is expected to miss several months. He announced his retirement from professional football in October 2022.

International career

He was called up in the Finland national football team in 2016.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PK-35 Vantaa 2009 Ykkönen 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2010 Ykkönen 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
2011 Ykkönen 9 1 0 0 – – 9 1
Total 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
HJK Helsinki 2012 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Klubi 04 2012 Kakkonen 7 0 – – – 7 0
JJK Jyväskylä 2012 Veikkausliiga 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2013 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
RoPS 2014 Veikkausliiga 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 0
2015 Veikkausliiga 27 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 36 4
2016 Veikkausliiga 30 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 36 3
Total 69 3 2 0 11 3 6 1 88 7
Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Eredivisie 5 0 0 0 – 0 0 5 0
2017–18 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 17 0 0 0 – 2 0 19 0
Total 22 0 0 0 – 2 0 24 0
Jong Sparta Rotterdam 2016–17 Tweede Divisie 2 0 – – – 2 0
2017–18 Tweede Divisie 3 1 – – – 3 1
Total 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Ilves 2019 Veikkausliiga 2 0 0 0 – 0 0 2 0
2020 Veikkausliiga 9 0 2 0 – 0 0 11 0
Total 11 0 2 0 – 0 0 13 0
HJK Helsinki 2021 Veikkausliiga 17 0 2 1 – 8 1 27 2
2022 Veikkausliiga 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 19 0 3 1 0 0 8 1 30 2
Klubi 04 2022 Kakkonen 3 0 – – – 3 0
Career total 164 6 5 1 14 3 16 2 199 12

References

  1. Janne Saksela at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Maajoukkuepuolustaja Janne Saksela Ilvekseen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Ilves. 3 August 2019.
  3. "Janne Saksela ripustaa nappikset naulaan". 14 October 2022.
  4. "J. Saksela". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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