Tuomas Aho

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.

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
0000–1992	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.

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. Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

MyPa

• Finnish Cup: 2004

HJK

• Finnish Cup: 2006, 2008

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.

External links

• Tuomas Aho at The Guardian
• Tuomas Aho at Veikkausliiga
• Tuomas Aho at Soccerway