Aatu Hakala

Aatu Hakala
Personal information
Full name Aatu Aabraham Hakala
Date of birth (2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Youth career
2007–2012 TiPS
2013–2014 KOPSE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Legirus Inter 17 (0)
2017 TiPS 16 (0)
2018–2020 Gnistan 51 (0)
2021–2023 Haka 58 (0)
2024– KuPS 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024

Aatu Aabraham Hakala (born 28 July 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.[1]

Career

Hakala played in Legirus Inter and Tikkurilan Palloseura (TiPS) as a junior in lower divisions in Vantaa, before joining Gnistan in third-tier level Kakkonen in 2018.[2]

Hakala joined FC Haka in Valkeakoski for the 2021 season and managed to establish his place as a first-choice goalkeeper of the team in the league.[3][4]

After three seasons with Haka, he transferred to fellow Veikkausliiga club KuPS in Kuopio on 14 November 2023, on a two-year deal, starting in 2024.[5]

Career statistics

As of 21 July 2024.
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
Legirus Inter 2015 Nelonen 6 0 – – – 6 0
2016 Kolmonen 11 0 1 0 3 0 – 15 0
2017 Kakkonen 0 0 1 0 – – 1 0
Total 17 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 22 0
TiPS 2017 Kolmonen 16 0 – 2 0 – 18 0
Gnistan 2018 Kakkonen 21 0 5 0 – – 26 0
2019 Kakkonen 21 0 6 0 – – 27 0
2020 Ykkönen 9 0 2 0 – – 11 0
Total 51 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 64 0
Haka 2021 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
2022 Veikkausliiga 26 0 0 0 4 0 – 30 0
2023 Veikkausliiga 24 0 0 0 5 0 2[c] 0 29 0
Total 58 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 69 0
KuPS 2024 Veikkausliiga 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 0
Career total 146 0 17 0 17 0 2 0 182 0
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Regions Cup and Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Conference League

Honours

Gnistan

KuPS

References

  1. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA
  2. ^ UNELMANA MESTARIEN LIIGA – MITEN AATU HAKALASTA TULI JALKAPALLOMAALIVAHTI?, gnistan.fi, 27 August 2020
  3. ^ Aatu Hakala siirtyi Hakaan kehittyäkseen - "Älyttömän tyytyväinen valintaani", Veikkausliiga, 6 April 2021
  4. ^ Haka yllätti maalijuhlillaan päävalmentaja Tainionkin – 21-vuotias Aatu Hakala liekehti toisessa liigaottelussaan nollapeliin: ”Kaikki antoivat ihan mieletöntä palautetta”, Aamulehti, Kirsi Teiskonlahti, 22 September 2021
  5. ^ Tervetuloa Kuopioon Aatu Hakala!, kups.fi, 14 November 2023
  6. ^ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
  7. ^ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024