Aatu Hakala
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aatu Aabraham Hakala | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 2000 | ||
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.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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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 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Regions Cup and Finnish League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Conference League
Honours
Gnistan
- Kakkonen Group B: 2019
KuPS
References
- ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA
- ^ UNELMANA MESTARIEN LIIGA – MITEN AATU HAKALASTA TULI JALKAPALLOMAALIVAHTI?, gnistan.fi, 27 August 2020
- ^ Aatu Hakala siirtyi Hakaan kehittyäkseen - "Älyttömän tyytyväinen valintaani", Veikkausliiga, 6 April 2021
- ^ Haka yllätti maalijuhlillaan päävalmentaja Tainionkin – 21-vuotias Aatu Hakala liekehti toisessa liigaottelussaan nollapeliin: ”Kaikki antoivat ihan mieletöntä palautetta”, Aamulehti, Kirsi Teiskonlahti, 22 September 2021
- ^ Tervetuloa Kuopioon Aatu Hakala!, kups.fi, 14 November 2023
- ^ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
- ^ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
External links
- Aatu Hakala at Soccerway
- Aatu Hakala at WorldFootball.net