Janne Saksela (born 14 March 1993) is a Finnish former
footballer
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.
Club career
On 3 August 2019 he returned to Finland, signing a 1.5-year contract with
Ilves
Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena.
The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city ...
. He suffered an
ACL rupture just 8 days later in his second game for Ilves and is expected to miss several months. He announced his retirement from professional football in October 2022.
International career
He was called up in the
Finland national football team
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in 2016.
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1993 births
Sportspeople from Vantaa
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
Finland men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
PK-35 Vantaa (men) players
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
JJK Jyväskylä players
Rovaniemen Palloseura players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Ilves (football) players
Veikkausliiga players
Ykkönen players
Kakkonen players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Tweede Divisie players
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
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