Joel Mero

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Joel Mero
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Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Turku, Finland[2]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Helsinki IFK
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2011 Reipas
2013–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 FC Lahti 26 (2)
2013–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 11 (0)
2015 → KTP (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2019 SJK Seinäjoki 48 (2)
2020– Helsinki IFK 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Finland U16 13 (0)
2011–2012 Finland U17 6 (0)
2012 Finland U18 6 (0)
2013 Finland U19 4 (0)
2014 Finland U20 3 (0)
2015 Finland U21 6 (2)
Honours
FC Lahti
First place Finnish League Cup 2013
Borussia Mönchengladbach II
First place Regionalliga West 2015
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2015

Joel Mero (born 7 February 1995), is a Finnish professional football defender who most lately played for Finnish club SJK Seinäjoki. He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[4] Mero was born in Turku, Finland. Mero began his senior club career playing for FC Lahti, before signing with Borussia Mönchengladbach at age 18 in 2013.

Club career[]

FC Lahti[]

Mero made his Veikkausliiga debut in June 2012 in a match against Haka. During seasons 2012 and 2013 he made 26 appearances for FC Lahti and scored two goals.

Borussia Monchengladbach II[]

On 22 April 2013, it was announced that Borussia Mönchengladbach had signed Mero on a four-year contract, with the young Finn joining the club during the summer 2013.[5]

SJK Seinäjoki[]

SJK Seinäjoki published on 3 July 2017 that it had signed Mero.[6]

International career[]

Mero is a regular in the Finland national under-21 football team and has a total of 32 caps in international junior matches.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 31 December 2016[7]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Lahti
2012 Veikkausliiga 18 2 1 0 0 0 19 2
2013 Veikkausliiga 8 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
FC Lahti Total 26 2 6 0 0 0 32 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach II
2013-14 Regionalliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2014-15 Regionalliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2015-16 Regionalliga 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2016-17 Regionalliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borussia Mönchengladbach II Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Career Total 37 2 6 0 0 0 43 2

Honours and achievements[]

Club[]

FC Lahti
Borussia Mönchengladbach II

References[]

  1. ^ "Joel Mero Defender". soccerbase.com. SOCCERBASE. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ Veikkausliiga - Hall Of Fame Archived 2009-06-14 at WebCite
  3. ^ "Joel Mero profil". tablesleague.com. TablesLeague. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Mero Joel" (in Finnish). Palloliitto. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Joel Mero siirtyy Borussia Mönchengladbachiin" [Mero signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach] (in Finnish). fclahti.fi. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ^ "SJK teki kolme uutta pelaajasopimusta – Joel Mero palaa Suomeen Bundesliigasta" (in Finnish). YLE Urheilu. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Joel Mero". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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