Saku Ylätupa

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Saku Ylätupa
Personal information
Full name Saku Ylätupa
Date of birth (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AIK
Number 19
Youth career
FC Espoo
2016–2017 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Klubi 04 30 (16)
2016–2017 HJK 0 (0)
2017 → RoPS (loan) 17 (3)
2017–2019 Jong Ajax 4 (1)
2019–2022 AIK 16 (1)
2020 → IFK Mariehamn (loan) 8 (0)
2022– GIF Sundsvall 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2016 Finland U17 11 (3)
2016–2017 Finland U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Finland U19 17 (3)
2018– Finland U21 4 (0)
2019– Finland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9:38, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2019

Saku Ylätupa (born 4 August 1999) is a Finnish footballer who plays for AIK.[1] A pacy two-footed Finland international, he prefers to play as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a central midfielder, winger or centre-forward.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Born in Espoo in 1999,[2] Ylätupa started his football career with HJK youth team. Ylätupa played in Klubi-04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK[]

In 2016, Ylätupa was called up for HJK first team. On 2 April 2016, Ylätupa made his senior debut in Finnish League Cup against FC Lahti at Talin jalkapallohalli, playing the game as a starting line-up during 46 minutes.[3]

Ajax[]

On 21 July 2017 it was announced that the midfielder had signed a three year contract with Dutch side AFC Ajax.[4]

International[]

He made his debut for the Finland national football team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a 68th-minute substitute for Lassi Lappalainen.[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 12 April 2021[6]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2015 Kakkonen 14 5 0 0 — — 14 5
2016 16 11 0 0 — — 16 11
Total 30 16 0 0 — — 30 16
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 1
2017 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 6 1
RoPS (loan) 2017 Veikkausliiga 17 3 0 0 0 0 — 17 3
Jong Ajax 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
AIK 2019 Allsvenskan 6 0 5 0 — 0 0 11 0
2020 7 0 5 2 — — 12 2
2021 1 1 3 1 — — 4 2
Total 14 1 13 3 — 0 0 27 4
IFK Mariehamn (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
Career total 73 21 16 4 3 0 0 0 92 25

References[]

  1. ^ "Saku Ylätupa till AIK Fotboll".
  2. ^ "Saku Ylätupa". worldfootball.net. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "HJK vs. Lahti - 5 February 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ylätupa tekent voor drie jaar bij Ajax". Ajax Showtime. 21 July 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ Saku Ylätupa at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

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