Tuomas Aho

Tuomas Aho
Aho with HIFK in 2015
Personal information
Full name Tuomas Yrjö Aho
Date of birth (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Parikkala, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
–1992 KeuPa
1993–1994 Kuusankosken Kumu
1995 FC Kouvola
1996–1998 FC Kuusankoski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Kuusankoski 5 (0)
1999–2004 MYPA 118 (3)
2002 → Kuusankoski (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2006 AGF 18 (0)
2006–2008 HJK 59 (1)
2007 → Klubi 04 (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2014 MyPa 142 (5)
2015–2016 HIFK 52 (2)
Total 398 (11)
International career
1999 Finland U18 8 (0)
2000 Finland U19 8 (0)
2001 Finland U20 5 (0)
2000–2003 Finland U21 12 (0)
2006 Finland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made 371 appearances in the Veikkausliiga, and had a short stint abroad with Danish Superliga club AGF.

Career

Early years

Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and FC Kuusankoski.[2] He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season.[3]

He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against FC Jazz.[4] He won the Finnish Cup with the club in 2004.[5]

AGF

On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with Danish Superliga club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired.[6] He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as an substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over Nordsjælland.[7] He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB.[8][9]

Return to Finland

Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK.[10] He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008.[11] He served as club captain of both HJK and MyPa.[12][13]

On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with HIFK, who were newly promoted to the top division.[14]

Personal life

Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä.[15]

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kuusankoski 1998 Kakkonen 5 0 – – – 5 0
MYPA 1999 Veikkausliiga 8 0 – – – 8 0
2000 Veikkausliiga 30 0 – – 1[a] 0 31 0
2001 Veikkausliiga 27 1 – – 2[b] 0 29 1
2002 Veikkausliiga 3 0 – – 0 0 3 0
2003 Veikkausliiga 24 0 – – 4[b] 0 28 0
2004 Veikkausliiga 26 2 1 1 – 2[a] 0 29 3
Total 110 3 1 1 0 0 9 0 116 4
Kuusankoski (loan) 2002 Ykkönen 1 0 – – – 1 0
AGF 2004–05 Danish Superliga 12 0 – – – 12 0
2005–06 Danish Superliga 6 0 – – – 6 0
Total 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
HJK 2006 Veikkausliiga 19 1 1 0 0 0 1[b] 0 21 1
2007 Veikkausliiga 18 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 19 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Total 59 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 63 1
Klubi 04 2007 Ykkönen 3 0 – – – 3 0
MYPA 2009 Veikkausliiga 25 0 0 0 5 0 – 30 0
2010 Veikkausliiga 21 1 1 0 1 0 5[c] 0 28 1
2011 Veikkausliiga 17 0 1 0 2 0 – 20 0
2012 Veikkausliiga 25 2 2 0 2 0 3[c] 0 32 2
2013 Veikkausliiga 30 1 1 0 4 0 – 35 1
2014 Veikkausliiga 24 1 0 0 5 0 4[c] 0 33 2
Total 142 5 5 0 19 0 12 0 178 5
HIFK 2015 Veikkausliiga 23 1 0 0 1 0 – 24 1
2016 Veikkausliiga 20 1 1 0 5 0 – 26 1
2017 Veikkausliiga 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Total 53 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 60 2
Career total 391 11 9 1 25 0 23 0 448 12
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

MyPa

HJK

References

  1. ^ "Tuomas Aho, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ Vento, Jari (16 May 2019). "Tuomas Aho kesäleirille vierailijaksi". KP-75 (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet – Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006. Jyväskylä: Suomen urheilumuseosäätiö. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. ^ "Liigapelaajat". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Jalkapallokirja 2005 – Suomen Palloliiton Julkaisu 70: Vuosikerta". journal (in Finnish). Helsinki: Liiton Toimisto. 2005. ISSN 0787-7188.
  6. ^ "Fodbold: Grahn og Aho til AGF". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ^ Engmann, Jesper (22 March 2005). "Første hele kamp til finne". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ^ Nielsen, Poul F. (7 May 2005). "Bræmer bankede AGF". B.T. (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Superligakamp AaB–AGF, 07.05.2005". SuperStats. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Tuomas Aho skifter til HJK Helsinki". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Aho, Multaharju and Oksanen MyPaan". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  12. ^ Aho, Mikko (27 September 2008). "Veikkausliiga | Tuomas Aho: "On suuri kunnia olla HJK:n kapteeni"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Kapteenisto kaudella 2012". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  14. ^ Perret, Christoffer (13 March 2015). "Tuomas Aho HIFK:hon - ensimmäinen täysin kotimainen joukkue pääsarjassa 7 vuoteen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ^ Isotalo, Mikko; Laukkanen, Riku (14 April 2015). "Topparia etsimässä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.