Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 April 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Puskás Akadémia | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | KuPS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | KuPS | 89 | (14) |
2016 | → KuFu-98 (loan) | 1 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Zulte Waregem | 3 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → MVV Maastricht (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2020 | → KuPS (loan) | 21 | (5) |
2021 | KuPS | 25 | (8) |
2022–2023 | Suwon FC | 22 | (2) |
2023 | KuPS | 15 | (6) |
2024– | Puskás Akadémia | 29 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Finland U15 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Finland U19 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Finland U21 | 4 | (1) |
2021– | Finland | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024 |
Urho Nissilä (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia.
Early life
Nissilä was born in Kuopio to a Conservative Laestadian family. Nissilä and his six siblings were raised by their single-parent mother. In Laestadianism, competitive club sports are prohibited, and Nissilä only played football with his brother and friends until aged 10, when his mother reluctantly allowed him to join a youth team of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) for the first time.[2]
He later resigned from the Laestadian movement.[2]
Club career
Nissilä started his senior career with KuPS first team.
He signed with Zulte Waregem in 2018.[3] According to media, the transfer fee was the highest in the history of KuPS at the time.[4] He made his debut on 10 November, playing the first 58 minutes of a 2–0 win against Lokeren.[5]
He returned to KuPS on loan in February 2020,[6][7] and subsequently signed a permanent contract for the 2021 season. At the end of the season, Nissilä was named the Veikkausliiga Player of the Year.[8]
Nissilä joined K League 1 side Suwon FC in January 2022.[9][10] He managed to make 23 appearances and scored two goals for the club, before he suffered an ankle injury in the game and would miss the rest of the season. In early 2023, while attending a Suwon training camp, the club announced they will release Nissilä from his contract.[11]
In the early 2023, he returned to KuPS again on a short contract,[12] and left the club in July for taxational reasons.[13][11] He spent a three-month hiatus from football, and travelled in Thailand and Bali, Indonesia, in the late 2023.[11]
On 29 January 2024, Nissilä signed with Puskás Akadémia in Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I), on a deal until the end of the 2024–25 season.[14][15] On 20 April 2024, Nissilä scored his first goal in NB I, in a 5–0 home win over Paksi.[16]
International career
He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[17]
He made his debut for the Finland national football team on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Wales. He substituted Jasin-Amin Assehnoun at half-time of a 0–0 home draw.[18] Three days later he gained his first cap in FIFA World Cup qualifications when he replaced Onni Valakari as a substitute on 78th minute in Helsinki Olympic Stadium in a match against Kazakhstan.[19]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KuPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 29 | 6 | |
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 9 | |||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | ||
Total | 89 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 114 | 19 | ||
KuFu-98 (loan) | 2016 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Zulte Waregem | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
KuPS (loan) | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 27 | 6 | |
KuPS | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7[e] | 2 | — | 38 | 11 | |
Suwon FC | 2022 | K League 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||
KuPS | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
Puskás Akadémia | 2023–24 | NB I | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | |||
2024–25 | NB I | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4[e] | 0 | – | 22 | 4 | ||
Total | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | ||
Career total | 212 | 42 | 35 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 269 | 53 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup, KNVB Beker and Korean FA Cup
- ^ a b Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs
- ^ Includes one appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played on 17 November 2024.[22]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 |
Honours
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2017, 2021, 2023[1]
- Finnish Cup: 2021[1]
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Year: 2021[23]
- Veikkausliiga Midfielder of the Year: 2021[23]
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2021[24]
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: August 2021[25]
References
- ^ a b c Urho Nissilä at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ a b Vapaa säännöistä, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 13 November 2021
- ^ "KuPS-kasvatti Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan" [KuPS bred Urho Nissilä joins the Belgian League] (in Finnish). KuPS. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ SS: KuPSin Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan, Yle, 15 June 2018
- ^ "Zulte Waregem is verlost van laatste plaats dankzij twee late goals van De Pauw in degradatietopper tegen Lokeren" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "OFFICIEEL: Zulte Waregem haalt nieuwe spelmaker in huis" (in Dutch). Voetbalnieuws.be. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Tähtipelaaja Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuran riveihin". www.kups.fi.
- ^ Urho Nissilästä vuoden 2021 Veikkausliigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 2 December 2021
- ^ "수원FC, 핀란드 국가대표 MF 우르호 니실라 영입" (in Korean). Sportivo Media. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Kommentti: Jotain muuta kuin Squid Game – tämän takia Veikkausliigan paras pelaaja siirtyy Etelä-Koreaan, eikä Euroopan huippusarjoihin, Yle, 18 January 2022
- ^ a b c Urho Nissilä katosi kuvasta ja laittoi puhelimen kiinni, Helsingin Sanomat, 10 September 2024
- ^ "Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuraan". www.kups.fi.
- ^ Minne hävisi KuPSin tähtipelaaja? Kukaan ei tunnu tietävän, Savon Sanomat, 11 October 2023
- ^ FINN KÖZÉPPÁLYÁS ÉRKEZETT, puskasakademia.hu, 29 January 2024
- ^ Huuhkajien pelaaja siirtyi Viktor Orbánin lempilapseen, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 January 2024
- ^ Hungary » NB I 2023/2024 » 29. Round » Puskás FC - Paksi SE 5:0, worldfootball
- ^ "Keskikenttämaestro Urho Nissilä valittiin U21-maajoukkueeseen" [Midfielder Urho Nissilä was selected for the U21 national team] (in Finnish). KuPS. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Finland v Wales game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Huuhkajat voittoon Kazakstanista – MM-karsintalohkon kakkoseksi" [Eagle Owls win Kazakhstan - Now on second position in group] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "U. NISSILÄ". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Urho Nissilä, stats at Finnish FA
- ^ "Urho Nissilä". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b Liimatta, Ville (3 December 2021). "Tässä suomalaisen jalkapallon vuoden 2021 parhaat - katso kaikki Captain's Ball -gaalassa palkitut". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty Veikkausliigakauden 2021 osalta". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ Urho Nissilä Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja, JPY, 5 September 2021
External links
- MVV Maastricht official profile
- Urho Nissilä – SPL competition record
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Footballers from Kuopio
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- MVV Maastricht players
- Suwon FC players
- Puskás Akadémia FC players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Laestadians
- SC Kuopio Futis-98 players
- Kakkonen players