Ville Jalasto (born 19 April 1986) is a Finnish professional

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who last played for the OBOS-ligaen side

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as a

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Career

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Jalasto was born in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

, Finland. He made his

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debut for Aalesund 13 April 2009 coming off the bench against

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. In August 2012, Jalasto joined Stabæk. Jalasto left Stabæk on 21 December 2015, signing for HJK in his native Finland the next day.

International

Jalasto made his national team debut on 29 May 2010 in a friendly against

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1986 births Living people Footballers from Espoo Men's association football central defenders Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers FC Honka players Aalesunds FK players Stabæk Fotball players Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-footy-defender-stub