Rasmus Karjalainen (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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and represents the Finland national football team. He began his senior career in 2014, at age 18, with

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. Karjalainen made his international debut for Finland in June 2018, and has since appeared in

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and in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign, in which Finland national team secured its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage.

Club career

OLS

Karjalainen made his debut on senior level on 3 May 2014 in the ranks of

in a Kakkonen match against

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SJK Akatemia

For the next season he transferred to SJK's reserve team

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. During the season he gained 27 caps and 15 goals and was the second best goal scorer of the league.

Oulu

He spent season 2016 in his home town

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playing for

PS Kemi

Karjalainen made his debut on the highest level of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga on season 2017 when he transferred to

. He made his debut on 8 April, playing the first 70 minutes of a 0–0 draw against

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KuPS

For season

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he signed for

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Fortuna Sittard

In June 2019 he made a deal with Dutch Fortuna Sittard. In August 2020 he was loaned for a year to

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side Örebro.

Helsingborg

On 17 July 2021, Karjalainen joined

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club Helsingborgs IF, signing a two-year deal.

Return to Oulu

On 23 June 2022, Karjalainen returned to

International career

Karjalainen made his debut for the Finland national team on 5 June 2018 in a friendly match in Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești against Romania when he replaced Berat Sadik as a substitute on 63rd minute.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.''

Honours

KuPS * Veikkausliiga:

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Individual * Veikkausliiga Team of the Year:

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References

External links

Fortuna Sittard official profile

Rasmus Karjalainen
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competition record * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karjalainen, Rasmus 1996 births Living people Finnish footballers Finland international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers Finland youth international footballers Association football midfielders AC Oulu players Kemi City F.C. players Kuopion Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players SJK Akatemia players Oulun Luistinseura players Eredivisie players Fortuna Sittard players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Örebro SK players Helsingborgs IF players Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Sportspeople from Oulu