Axel Vidjeskog (born 14 April 2001) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a

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for

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

in the Veikkausliiga.

Club career

Vidjeskog began to play football in the youth program of

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. He started his senior career in 2017, playing for Jaro first team in the second-tier Ykkönen, and for the reserve team Jakobstads BK in the third-tier

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen (Finnish for 'Number Two' ...

. For the 2021 season, Vidjeskog joined a Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS). At the start of the 2022 season, he was loaned out to fellow Veikkausliiga side Ilves. He returned to KuPS in July, after his loan deal expired. On 13 November 2023, he extended his contract with

until the end of

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Personal life

Vidjeskog is a Swedish-speaking Finn. His two brothers are both also professional footballers. The younger brother Isak Vidjeskog plays for Varbergs BoIS, and the older Adam Vidjeskog plays for Jaro. Their father

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is a head coach of Jaro.

Career statistics

Axel Vidjeskog stats
Finnish FA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidjeskog, Axel 2001 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers FF Jaro players Kuopion Palloseura players Jakobstads BK players SC Kuopio Futis-98 players Ilves (football) players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players kakkonen players men's association football midfielders Swedish-speaking Finns Vidjeskog family