Rasmus Karjalainen (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for AC Oulu and represents the Finland national football team.[1] He began his senior career in 2014, at age 18, with OLS.
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Date of birth | (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 26) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Oulu, Finland | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
0000–2013 | OLS | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2014 | OLS | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||
2015 | SJK Akatemia | 27 | (15) | ||||||||||
2016 | AC Oulu | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||
2017 | PS Kemi | 32 | (8) | ||||||||||
2018–2019 | KuPS | 43 | (19) | ||||||||||
2019–2021 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||
2020 | → Örebro SK (loan) | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||
2021–2022 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||
2022– | AC Oulu | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2016 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Finland U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018– | Finland | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2020 |
Karjalainen made his international debut for Finland in June 2018, and has since appeared in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League and in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign, in which Finland national team secured its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage.
Karjalainen made his debut on senior level on 3 May 2014 in the ranks of OLS in a Kakkonen match against PS Kemi.[2]
For the next season he transferred to SJK's reserve team SJK Akatemia. During the season he gained 27 caps and 15 goals and was the second best goal scorer of the league.[3]
He spent season 2016 in his home town Oulu playing for AC Oulu.[4]
Karjalainen made his debut on the highest level of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga on season 2017 when he transferred to PS Kemi.[5] He made his debut on 8 April, playing the first 70 minutes of a 0–0 draw against HIFK.[6]
For season 2018 he signed for KuPS.[7]
In June 2019 he made a deal with Dutch Fortuna Sittard.[8]
In August 2020 he was loaned for a year to Allsvenskan side Örebro.[9]
On 17 July 2021, Karjalainen joined Superettan club Helsingborgs IF, signing a two-year deal.[10]
On 23 June 2022, Karjalainen returned to AC Oulu.[11]
Karjalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 5 June 2018 in a friendly match in Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești against Romania when he replaced Berat Sadik as a substitute on 63rd minute.[12]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OLS | 2014 | Kakkonen | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |
SJK Akatemia | 2015 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 15 | ||
AC Oulu | 2016 | Ykkönen | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |
PS Kemi | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 37 | 9 | |
KuPS | 2018 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 39 | 20 | |
2019 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||
Total | 43 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 24 | ||
Fortuna Sittard | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | |
Örebro | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 15 | 5 | |
Helsingborg | 2021 | Superettan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | |
Career total | 181 | 53 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 204 | 61 |
National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Finland | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 January 2019 | Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
KuPS
AC Oulu – current squad | |
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