Joel Perovuo (born 11 August 1985 in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) is a Finnish

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player who currently plays for the

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side

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''The Spark'' in English) is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish league system. IF Gnistan play their home matches at Must ...

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. Besides Finland, he has played in Sweden and Poland.

Career

Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS in the youth side, before moving to

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009 Djurgården announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team. On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for two-and-half years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over

Schalke Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rh ...

in the

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playoff-round. In 2015 Perovuo returned to

after the team was relegated to

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' ...

due to financial problems.

International career

On 11 October 2009 was called up by the Finland national team. Perovuo made his first appearance for Finland at senior level on 18 January 2010. He was at starting line-up, but was replaced by

Paulus Arajuuri Paulus Verneri Arajuuri (born 15 June 1988) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for HIFK. He began his senior club career playing for FC Espoo, before making his Veikkausliiga debut with Honka at age 18 in 2006. Ar ...

at 84th minute.

References

External links

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Veikkausliiga Profile

Stats at Guardian Football
1985 births Living people Footballers from Helsinki Finnish footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Finland international footballers Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Allsvenskan players Ekstraklasa players FC Honka players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Jagiellonia Białystok players IF Gnistan players Association football midfielders Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Poland {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub