Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as an

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for

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. He made ten appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.

Career

After starting his career with the local

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, Forsell was signed by a near

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side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side,

IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is an Ålandic football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''). The club is managed by Daniel Norrmén, and it plays its home matches at Wiklö ...

. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012, he was selected as the player of the month, for July. On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with

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club

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. He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against

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. Forsell was selected as the

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Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from

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to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year. On 10 August 2019, Forsell scored one and gave two assists in a 4–0 win against

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on his league debut for HJK. On 21 February 2022, Forsell returned to

for the 2022 season.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Forsell goal.''

Honours

Individual

Team of the Year:

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* * * * 1990 births Living people People from Kokkola Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia Finnish footballers Association football midfielders Finland international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers Vaasan Palloseura players IFK Mariehamn players Bursaspor footballers Miedź Legnica players Korona Kielce players Kokkolan Palloveikot players Örebro SK players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Stal Mielec players FC Inter Turku players Veikkausliiga players Allsvenskan players Süper Lig players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Finnish expatriate footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub