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Urho Nissilä
Nissilä with Kuopion Palloseura in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 28)
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 15 (3)
International career‡
2011 Finland U15 1 (0)
2015 Finland U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U21 4 (1)
2021– Finland 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 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]

In the early 2023 he returned to KuPS again on a short contract,[11] and left the club in July.[12]

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.[13][14] On 20 April 2024, Nissilä scored his first goal in NB I, in a 5–0 home win over Paksi.[15]

International career

He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[16]

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.[17] 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.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 August 2024[19][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
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 2 0 0 0 1[e] 0 – 3 0
Total 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 3
Career total 198 40 33 6 13 2 6 1 250 49
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, KNVB Beker and Korean FA Cup
  2. ^ a b Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs
  4. ^ Includes one appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played on 4 June 2024.[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2021 7 0
2022 5 0
2023 0 0
2024 1 0
Total 13 0

Honours

KuPS

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Urho Nissilä at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Vapaa säännöistä, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 13 November 2021
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ SS: KuPSin Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan, Yle, 15 June 2018
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "OFFICIEEL: Zulte Waregem haalt nieuwe spelmaker in huis" (in Dutch). Voetbalnieuws.be. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Tähtipelaaja Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuran riveihin". www.kups.fi.
  8. ^ Urho Nissilästä vuoden 2021 Veikkausliigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 2 December 2021
  9. ^ "수원FC, 핀란드 국가대표 MF 우르호 니실라 영입" (in Korean). Sportivo Media. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. ^ Kommentti: Jotain muuta kuin Squid Game – tämän takia Veikkausliigan paras pelaaja siirtyy Etelä-Koreaan, eikä Euroopan huippusarjoihin, Yle, 18 January 2022
  11. ^ "Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuraan". www.kups.fi.
  12. ^ Minne hävisi KuPSin tähtipelaaja? Kukaan ei tunnu tietävän, Savon Sanomat, 11 October 2023
  13. ^ FINN KÖZÉPPÁLYÁS ÉRKEZETT, puskasakademia.hu, 29 January 2024
  14. ^ Huuhkajien pelaaja siirtyi Viktor Orbánin lempilapseen, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 January 2024
  15. ^ Hungary » NB I 2023/2024 » 29. Round » Puskás FC - Paksi SE 5:0, worldfootball
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Finland v Wales game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "U. NISSILÄ". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  20. ^ Urho Nissilä, stats at Finnish FA
  21. ^ "Urho Nissilä". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty Veikkausliigakauden 2021 osalta". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  24. ^ Urho Nissilä Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja, JPY, 5 September 2021
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