Noah Pallas

Noah Pallas
Pallas with HJK in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back[1]
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 30
Youth career
Honka
0000–2019 KäPa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 KäPa 15 (0)
2020–2021 Honka II 31 (2)
2022–2023 AC Oulu 51 (1)
2024– HJK 23 (1)
International career‡
2023– Finland 3 (0)
Medal record
AC Oulu
Second place Finnish League Cup 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

Noah Pallas (born 9 February 2001) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a left back for Veikkausliiga club HJK and the Finland national team.

Early career

Pallas was born in Helsinki. In his early playing career, he played for the youth sectors of FC Honka in Espoo and Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) in Helsinki.[2]

Club career

Pallas made his senior debut with KäPa first team in the third tier level Kakkonen, on 4 May 2019 against Pallo-Iirot.[3] He played one season with KäPa in Kakkonen before moving back to FC Honka organisation to their reserve team Honka II in 2020.

AC Oulu

After playing in Kakkonen for three seasons, with Käpylän Pallo and Honka II respectively, Pallas accepted an offer from the Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu. He signed a professional contract with the club on a two-year deal starting in January 2022, on a free transfer.[4]

Pallas made his Veikkausliiga debut on 24 April 2022 after being named in the starting line-up in away game against IFK Mariehamn, playing full 90 minutes.[5] He quickly made a breakthrough and established his place in the starting line-up in the league, becoming an integral part of the team.[6][7] Pallas scored his first Veikkausliiga goal on 11 September 2022, in a 6–1 away win against HIFK[8]

In the 2023 season, Pallas played more minutes than any other player in the team. After the season, it was announced that Pallas will depart from AC Oulu.[9]

HJK Helsinki

On 20 November 2023, it was reported in Finnish media that Pallas had signed a contract with HJK, on a multiple-year deal.[10][11] On 18 December 2023, HJK confirmed the signing of Pallas on a three-year deal, starting in January 2024.[12][13][14] He debuted with his new club on 26 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup win against IFK Mariehamn, playing full 90 minutes.[15] On 19 June 2024, Pallas scored his first goal for HJK in Veikkausliiga, a winning goal in a 3–1 home victory over Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS).[16] He also represented HJK in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League league phase.

International career

Pallas didn't make any appearance for Finland at any youth international levels.[17]

He received his first call up to the Finland senior national team on 4 Jan 2023, for two friendly matches against Sweden and Estonia, as a replacement for Tuomas Ollila.[18]

Pallas made his international debut on 12 Jan 2023 against Estonia.[19] He made his competitive national team debut on 19 June 2023 in a 6–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying win against San Marino, playing the second half as the 46th minute substitute to Jere Uronen.[20][21][22] On 17 November 2023, Pallas made his second appearance in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers, as a 83rd minute substitute to Nikolai Alho, in a 4–0 home win against Northern Ireland.[23]

Personal life

His twin brother Emil Pallas is also a professional football player, playing for newly promoted Veikkausliiga side Ekenäs IF.[24] Their father Ben Pallas is a former footballer, who played, inter alia, in 83 games for HIFK in 1990s.[25][26] Pallas speaks Swedish as his mother tongue.[27]

Pallas is a Manchester United supporter.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 December 2024[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KäPa 2019 Kakkonen 15 0 — — — 15 0
Honka Akatemia 2020 Kakkonen 11 1 — 3 1 — 14 2
2021 Kakkonen 20 1 — — — 20 1
Total 31 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 34 3
AC Oulu 2022 Veikkausliiga 23 1 4 0 2 1 — 29 2
2023 Veikkausliiga 28 0 4 0 7 0 — 39 0
Total 51 1 8 0 9 1 0 0 68 2
HJK 2024 Veikkausliiga 23 1 1 0 3 0 12[c] 0 39 1
Career total 120 4 9 0 15 2 12 0 156 6
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Kakkonen Cup and Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played on 17 November 2023.
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland 2023 2[a] 0 1 0 3 0
Total 2 0 1 0 3 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualification.

Honours

AC Oulu

References

  1. ^ a b Noah Pallas at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, N.Pallas, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
  3. ^ REF Soccerway
  4. ^ NOAH PALLAS LIITTYY LAIVASTONSINISIIN, acoulu.fi, 2 December 2021
  5. ^ "Mariehamn vs Oulu 2-1". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ^ Nevala, Kai (16 October 2022). "Noah Pallas" (in Finnish). Kaleva. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Energiapakkaus". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ HIFK 1 – ACO 6, Veikkausliiga
  9. ^ Analyysi: AC Oulun avauksesta menee puolet uusiksi – Muutamat pelaajat ilmoittivat jo jatkavansa muualla, Kaleva, Kai Nevala, 30 October 2023
  10. ^ HJK iski kiinni Huuhkajien lupaukseen – kiinnostusta myös ulkomaan kentiltä, mtvuutiset.fi/MTV Oy, Antti Rämänen, 20 November 2023
  11. ^ Noah Pallas vill nå nya nivåer i HJK, Hufvudstadsbladet, 5 April 2024
  12. ^ Noah Pallas HJK:hon kolmen vuoden sopimuksella, hjk.fi, 18 December 2023
  13. ^ HJK nappasi superlupauksen – Uusi joukkue alkaa muotoutua, Iltalehti, Janne Palomäki, 18 December 2023
  14. ^ Noah Pallas siirtyy HJK:hon kolmen vuoden sopimuksella, Yle, 18 December 2023
  15. ^ Liigacup alkoi HJK:n voitolla – IFK Mariehamn nurin 1-0, Veikkausliiga, 26 January 2024
  16. ^ HJK:lta kova temppu – KuPSin johto suli dramaattisesti, Iltalehti, 19 June 2024
  17. ^ ""Pääkaupunkiseudulta vaikea breikata liigaan"". pallotv.fi. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Tuomas Ollila sivuun tammikuun leiriltä - Noah Pallas Huuhkajiin". Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  19. ^ Innanen, Timo (17 March 2023). "MTV-Urheilun tiedot - yllätysnimi nousee Huuhkajiin". mtvuutiset.fi. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  20. ^ FINLAND VS. SAN MARINO 6 - 0, soccerway.com
  21. ^ "Finland-San Marino | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  22. ^ AC Oulun maajoukkuepuolustaja Noah Pallas myöntää viimeisten kuukausien vaikeudet – "Se on vaikuttanut itseluottamukseen ja peli-iloon", Kaleva, Kai Nevala, 9 September 2023
  23. ^ FINLAND VS. NORTHERN IRELAND 4 - 0, soccerway.com
  24. ^ "Käpylän Pallon kasvatit Suomessa ja ulkomailla". kapylanpallo.fi. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  25. ^ Pallas, hifk twitter, 11 October 2023
  26. ^ Loviisalaisisän vesa nousi Huuhkajapelaajaksi ja mestareiden haaviin, uusimaa.fi, 18 December 2022
  27. ^ Vem är Noah Pallas – finlandssvensken som debuterade i fotbollslandslaget efter sensationellt år och tänker på en flytt utomlands?, Svenska Yle, 25 April 2023
  28. ^ "Noah Pallas". flashscore.
  29. ^ REF soccerway