Sebastian Strandvall

Sebastian Strandvall
Strandvall with VPS in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Gösta Alexander Strandvall
Date of birth (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Vaasa, Finland[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 VIFK 74 (19)
2007–2010 Haka 56 (10)
2010–2011 IFK Mariehamn 48 (9)
2012–2015 VPS 88 (14)
2015 Austria Lustenau 10 (1)
2015–2016 Rah Ahan Tehran 11 (1)
2016–2023 VPS 170 (38)
2019 VPS II 1 (0)
Total 457 (92)
International career
2007 Finland B 4 (0)
2014 Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastian Strandvall (born 16 September 1986) is a Finnish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. A former senior international for Finland,[2] he was best known for representing VPS, but also played in Iranian Persian Gulf Pro League and Austria.[3]

Career

Strandvall left VPS at the end of the 2023 season and retired from playing, along with former VPS teammate Steven Morrissey.[4] Strandvall has made 318 appearances in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga, scoring 56 goals.[5]

Outside football

In 2023, Strandvall made many efforts to prevent the execution of his Iranian friend teammate in Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. team, Amir Reza Nasr Azadani who was part of Mahsa Amini protests.[6]

Personal life

His brother Matias Strandvall is a cross-country skier at World Cup level.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VIFK 2003 Kakkonen
2004 Kakkonen
2005 Kakkonen
2006 Ykkönen
Total 74 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 19
Haka 2007 Veikkausliiga 24 3 0 0 – 4[c] 0 28 3
2008 Veikkausliiga 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
2009 Veikkausliiga 25 7 1 0 5 0 – 31 7
2010 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 1 0 – 2 0
Total 57 10 1 0 6 0 4 0 68 10
IFK Mariehamn 2010 Veikkausliiga 18 2 – – – 18 2
2011 Veikkausliiga 30 7 2 0 2 1 – 34 8
Total 48 9 2 0 2 1 0 0 52 10
VPS 2012 Veikkausliiga 24 3 2 0 6 0 – 32 3
2013 Veikkausliiga 33 5 3 0 6 0 – 42 5
2014 Veikkausliiga 30 6 1 0 7 5 2[d] 1 40 12
Total 87 14 6 0 19 5 2 1 114 20
Austria Lustenau 2014–15 Austrian 2. Liga 10 1 – – – 10 1
Rah Ahan 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 11 1 2 1 – – 13 2
VPS 2016 Veikkausliiga 20 3 – – – 20 3
2017 Veikkausliiga 22 5 1 0 – 3[d] 1 26 6
2018 Veikkausliiga 31 10 5 1 – – 36 11
2019 Veikkausliiga 20 2 6 0 – – 26 2
2020 Ykkönen 21 9 5 1 – – 26 10
2021 Ykkönen 24 6 3 1 – – 27 7
2022 Veikkausliiga 9 2 3 1 2 0 – 14 3
2023 Veikkausliiga 23 1 4 2 0 0 – 27 3
Total 170 38 27 6 2 0 3 1 202 45
Career total 457 92 38 6 29 6 9 2 533 106
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Iranian Hazfi Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Cup
  4. ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 21 March 2024
Finland
Year Apps Goals
2014 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Mina vänner 2011: Sebastian Strandvall
  2. ^ Player's profile, eu-football.info
  3. ^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Sebastian Strandvall palloliitto.fi
  4. ^ "VPS heitti jäähyväiset yhdeksälle viime kauden pelaajalle" [VPS bid farewell to nine players from last season]. PalloTV (in Finnish). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ Aleksi Paananen nousi kaikkien aikojen TOP20:een – Sebastian Strandvall päätyi 318 otteluun, veikkausliiga.com, 26 December 2023
  6. ^ "همبازی ۶ سال پیش نصرآزادانی پیگیر فوتبالیست در آستانه اعدام". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ Toukokuun Kuukauden joukkue nimetty Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  8. ^ "Jalkapallotoimittajat nimesivät oman tähdistöjoukkueen". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.