Oscar Wiklöf (born 29 January 2003) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in German

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Club career

IFK Mariehamn

Wiklöf was born in

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, the autonomous region of Finland. He started playing football in the

IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, and it plays ...

organisation at the age of 5, and made his senior debut in 2019 with the club's associate team

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(JIK), playing in the fourth-tier league

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. He made his debut in the premier division

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for IFK Mariehamn first team in 2021.

SC Freiburg

In July 2022, Wiklöf signed with

club

on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee, following a trial with a team. He made his debut in 3. Liga on 1 October 2022, in a 2–2 draw against

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, after being substituted on the 61st minute, and scoring a goal one minute later. Wiklöf played in a total of 24 games in the

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season, scoring three times and providing three assists. In August 2023, Wiklöf suffered a surgery-requiring thigh injury, and was ruled out for months. He eventually missed almost the whole season.

Career statistics

Honours

SC Freiburg II *

runner-up:

Individual *

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: Boy Player of the Year (Silverbollen) 2021, 2022Robin Sid ja Oscar Wiklöf palkittiin Ahvenanmaan parhaina vuonna 2022

, 16 December 2022

References

External links

Finnish Football Federation profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiklof, Oscar 2003 births Living people People from Mariehamn Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Finland men's youth international footballers IFK Mariehamn players SC Freiburg II players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany FC Åland players Kolmonen players Veikkausliiga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players