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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Aleksi Paananen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 29)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Media related to Aleksi Paananen at Wikimedia Commons

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