Tuomas Aho
Finnish footballer (born 1981) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Aho with HIFK in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tuomas Yrjö Aho | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1981 | ||
| 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 | |||
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.
| 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 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
MyPa
HJK
References
External links
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