| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 (age 19) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
| Current team | HJK | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 0000–2013 | NJS | ||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | KäPa | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | KäPa | 24 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2024– | HJK | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2024 | → TPS (loan) | 23 | (2) | ||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Finland U18 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2023 | |||||||||||
Aaro Soiniemi (born 8 August 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a left back for HJK.
Club career
Soiniemi started to play football in a youth team of Nurmijärven Jalkapalloseura (NJS), before joining the renowned Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) youth academy when he was nine years old. He made his senior debut with KäPa first team in 2022 in Finnish third-tier league Kakkonen, and at the end of the season, KäPa won the promotion to second-tier Ykkönen.
On 14 November 2023, Soiniemi signed a three-year deal with Finnish champions HJK Helsinki. On 8 February 2024, Soiniemi was loaned out to second-tier Ykkösliiga club Turun Palloseura (TPS) for the 2024 season.
International career
Soiniemi was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.
Career statistics
- As of 17 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KäPa | 2022 | Kakkonen | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| HJK | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TPS (loan) | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | |
| Career total | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup
- Includes Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
References
- Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, A.Soiniemi, Finnish FA/Palloliitto
- Baltic Cup, Finnish FA
- Aaro Soiniemi jatkaa joukkueessa, KäPa, 18 December 2022
- 18-vuotias Aaro Soiniemi HJK:hon kolmen vuoden sopimuksella, hjk.fi, 14 November 2023
- KäPa-kasvatit Aaro Soiniemi ja Joonas Kekarainen jatkavat uraansa Veikkausliigassa, KäPa, 31 October 2023
- NUORTEN MAAJOUKKUEPELAAJA AARO SOINIEMI KAUDEN 2024 KATTAVALLA LAINASOPIMUKSELLA TPS-PAITAAN, fc.tps.fi, 8 February 2024
- Aaro Soiniemi lainalle TPS:ään, hjk.fi, 8 February 2024
- Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja Aaro Soiniemi lainasopimuksella TPS:n paitaan – "Hän tuo puolustuksemme vasemmalle laidalle hyvää kilpailua", Turun Sanomat, 8 February 2024
- U18-pojat nimetty kesäkuun Baltic Cupiin, Football Association of Finland, 30 May 2023
External links
- Aaro Soiniemi at Soccerway
- Aaro Soiniemi at WorldFootball.net
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- Living people
- 2005 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Nurmijärven Jalkapalloseura players
- Käpylän Pallo players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Ykkösliiga players