Saku Ylätupa
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Helsingør (on loan from Kalmar FF)
Number 32
Youth career
FC Espoo
2016–2017 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Klubi 04 30 (16)
2016–2017 HJK 0 (0)
2017 → RoPS (loan) 17 (3)
2017–2019 Jong Ajax 4 (1)
2019–2022 AIK 24 (1)
2020 → IFK Mariehamn (loan) 8 (0)
2022 GIF Sundsvall 27 (5)
2023– Kalmar FF 4 (0)
2024– → Helsingør (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 Finland U17 11 (3)
2016–2017 Finland U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Finland U19 17 (3)
2018– Finland U21 15 (2)
2019– Finland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2023

Saku Ylätupa (born 4 August 1999) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Danish club Helsingør, on loan from Kalmar FF.[1] A pacy two-footed Finland international, he prefers to play as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a central midfielder, winger or centre-forward.

Club career

Early career

Born in Espoo in 1999,[2] Ylätupa started his football career with HJK youth team. Ylätupa played in Klubi-04, the reserve team of HJK.

HJK

In 2016, Ylätupa was called up for HJK first team. On 2 April 2016, Ylätupa made his senior debut in Finnish League Cup against FC Lahti at Talin jalkapallohalli, playing the game as a starting line-up during 46 minutes.[3]

Ajax

On 21 July 2017, it was announced that the midfielder had signed a three year contract with Dutch side AFC Ajax.[4]

GIF Sundsvall

On 10 January 2022, Ylätupa signed a three-year contract with GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan for a €125.000 transfer fee.[5]

Kalmar FF

Following Sundsvall's relegation to the Superettan, on 16 January 2023 Ylätupa officially joined fellow Swedish side Kalmar FF for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract with the club.[6]

FC Helsingør (loan)
On 5 January 2024, he was sent on loan to Danish club Helsingør for the rest of the 2023–24 season.[7][8]

International career

He made his debut in the Finland national football team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a 68th-minute substitute for Lassi Lappalainen.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 April 2021[10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2015 Kakkonen 14 500——145
2016 161100——1611
Total 30 16 0 0 — — 30 16
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga 00113 00041
2017 00200 00020
Total 0031300061
RoPS (loan) 2017 Veikkausliiga 173000 0—173
Jong Ajax 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
AIK 2019 Allsvenskan 6 0 5 0 — 0 0 11 0
2020 7 0 5 2 — — 12 2
2021 1 1 3 1 — — 4 2
Total 14 1 13 3 — 0 0 27 4
IFK Mariehamn (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
Career total 732116430009225

References

  1. ↑ Saku Ylätupa at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Saku Ylätupa". worldfootball.net. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "HJK vs. Lahti - 5 February 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ylätupa tekent voor drie jaar bij Ajax". Ajax Showtime. 21 July 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Saku Ylätupa ansluter till GIF Sundsvall" (Press release) (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Välkommen till Kalmar FF - Saku Ylätupa". Kalmar FF (in Swedish). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ↑ FC Helsingør låner kantspiller i Kalmar FF, fchelsingor.dk, 5 January 2024
  8. ↑ Officiellt: FC Helsingör lånar Saku Ylätupa, fotbolltransfers.com, 5 January 2024
  9. ↑ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Saku Ylätupa at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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