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Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Inter Turku. He made ten appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.

Petteri Forsell

Forsell in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Jani Petteri Forsell[1]
Date of birth	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Kokkola, Finland[2]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Inter Turku
Number	10
Youth career
	KPV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	KPV	23	(2)
2009	VPS	12	(1)
2010–2012	IFK Mariehamn	52	(18)
2012–2013	Bursaspor	2	(0)
2013	→ IFK Mariehamn (loan)	8	(4)
2014–2015	IFK Mariehamn	48	(14)
2016–2017	Miedź Legnica	44	(17)
2017	Örebro SK	8	(0)
2018–2019	Miedź Legnica	51	(14)
2019	→ HJK (loan)	9	(1)
2020	Korona Kielce	14	(4)
2020–2021	Stal Mielec	26	(1)
2021–	Inter Turku	11	(3)
National team‡
2011–2012	Finland U21	6	(1)
2013–2019	Finland	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:43, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Career

After starting his career with the local KPV, Forsell was signed by a near Veikkausliiga side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side, IFK Mariehamn. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012, he was selected as the player of the month, for July.[3]

On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with Süper Lig club Bursaspor.[4] He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against FC Twente.

Forsell was selected as the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from Miedź Legnica to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year.[5]

On 10 August 2019, Forsell scored one and gave two assists in a 4–0 win against FC Lahti on his league debut for HJK.[6]

On 21 February 2022, Forsell returned to Inter Turku for the 2022 season.[7]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Forsell goal.

List of international goals scored by Petteri Forsell[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 February 2013	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Israel	1–1	1–2	Friendly

References

External links

• Profile at veikkausliiga.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-07-17) (in Finnish)
• Profile at ifkmariehamn.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-13) (in Finnish)
• Petteri Forsell at Soccerway
• Petteri Forsell at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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[de] Petteri Forsell

Jani Petteri Forsell (* 16. Oktober 1990 in Kokkola) ist ein finnischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Petteri Forsell

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[fr] Petteri Forsell

Petteri Forsell est un footballeur finlandais, né le 16 octobre 1990 à Kokkola. Il évolue au poste de milieu offensif.

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[it] Petteri Forsell

Petteri Forsell (Kokkola, 16 ottobre 1990) è un calciatore finlandese, centrocampista dell'Inter Turku.

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[ru] Форселл, Петтери

Петтери Форселль (фин. Petteri Forsell; родился 16 октября 1990 года, Коккола[4], Финляндия) — финский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Сталь Мелец» и сборной Финляндии.

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