Urho Nissilä

Urho Nissilä
Nissilä with Kuopion Palloseura in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kuopio, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Puskás Akadémia
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2015 KuPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 KuPS 89 (14)
2016 → KuFu-98 (loan) 1 (1)
2018–2020 Zulte Waregem 3 (1)
2019–2020 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 8 (0)
2020 → KuPS (loan) 21 (5)
2021 KuPS 25 (8)
2022–2023 Suwon FC 22 (2)
2023 KuPS 15 (6)
2024– Puskás Akadémia 20 (4)
International career‡
2011 Finland U15 1 (0)
2015 Finland U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U21 4 (1)
2021– Finland 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2024

Urho Nissilä (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia.

Early life

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Nissilä was born in Kuopio to a Conservative Laestadian family. Nissilä and his six siblings were raised by their single-parent mother. In Laestadianism, competitive club sports are prohibited, and Nissilä only played football with his brother and friends until aged 10, when his mother reluctantly allowed him to join a youth team of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) for the first time.[2]

He later resigned from the Laestadian movement.[2]

Club career

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Nissilä started his senior career with KuPS first team.

He signed with Zulte Waregem in 2018.[3] According to media, the transfer fee was the highest in the history of KuPS at the time.[4] He made his debut on 10 November, playing the first 58 minutes of a 2–0 win against Lokeren.[5]

He returned to KuPS on loan in February 2020,[6][7] and subsequently signed a permanent contract for the 2021 season. At the end of the season, Nissilä was named the Veikkausliiga Player of the Year.[8]

Nissilä joined K League 1 side Suwon FC in January 2022.[9][10] He managed to make 23 appearances and scored two goals for the club, before he suffered an ankle injury in the game and would miss the rest of the season. In early 2023, while attending a Suwon training camp, the club announced they will release Nissilä from his contract.[11]

In the early 2023, he returned to KuPS again on a short contract,[12] and left the club in July for taxational reasons.[13][11] He spent a three-month hiatus from football, and travelled in Thailand and Bali, Indonesia, in the late 2023.[11]

On 29 January 2024, Nissilä signed with Puskás Akadémia in Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I), on a deal until the end of the 2024–25 season.[14][15] On 20 April 2024, Nissilä scored his first goal in NB I, in a 5–0 home win over Paksi.[16]

International career

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He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[17]

He made his debut for the Finland national football team on 1 September 2021 in a friendly against Wales. He substituted Jasin-Amin Assehnoun at half-time of a 0–0 home draw.[18] Three days later he gained his first cap in FIFA World Cup qualifications when he replaced Onni Valakari as a substitute on 78th minute in Helsinki Olympic Stadium in a match against Kazakhstan.[19]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 29 September 2024[20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KuPS 2015 Veikkausliiga 23 4 4 1 — 2[b] 1 29 6
2016 Veikkausliiga 26 0 4 0 — 3[b] 0 33 0
2017 Veikkausliiga 26 9 6 0 — — 32 9
2018 Veikkausliiga 14 1 6 3 0 0 — 20 4
Total 89 14 20 4 0 0 5 1 114 19
KuFu-98 (loan) 2016 Kakkonen 1 1 — — — 1 1
Zulte Waregem 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 2 1 0 0 — 1[c] 0 3 1
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
KuPS (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga 21 5 2 1 4[d] 0 — 27 6
KuPS 2021 Veikkausliiga 25 8 6 1 7[e] 2 — 38 11
Suwon FC 2022 K League 1 22 2 1 0 — — 23 2
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga 15 6 3 0 1[e] 0 0 0 19 6
Puskás Akadémia 2023–24 NB I 13 3 – – – 13 3
2024–25 NB I 7 1 1 2 4[e] 0 – 12 3
Total 20 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 25 6
Career total 203 41 34 8 16 2 6 1 259 52
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, KNVB Beker and Korean FA Cup
  2. ^ a b Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the Belgian Europa League play-offs
  4. ^ Includes one appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played on 7 September 2024.[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2021 7 0
2022 5 0
2023 0 0
2024 2 0
Total 14 0

Honours

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KuPS

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c Urho Nissilä at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Vapaa säännöistä, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 13 November 2021
  3. ^ "KuPS-kasvatti Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan" [KuPS bred Urho Nissilä joins the Belgian League] (in Finnish). KuPS. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ SS: KuPSin Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan, Yle, 15 June 2018
  5. ^ "Zulte Waregem is verlost van laatste plaats dankzij twee late goals van De Pauw in degradatietopper tegen Lokeren" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ "OFFICIEEL: Zulte Waregem haalt nieuwe spelmaker in huis" (in Dutch). Voetbalnieuws.be. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Tähtipelaaja Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuran riveihin". www.kups.fi.
  8. ^ Urho Nissilästä vuoden 2021 Veikkausliigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 2 December 2021
  9. ^ "수원FC, 핀란드 국가대표 MF 우르호 니실라 영입" (in Korean). Sportivo Media. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. ^ Kommentti: Jotain muuta kuin Squid Game – tämän takia Veikkausliigan paras pelaaja siirtyy Etelä-Koreaan, eikä Euroopan huippusarjoihin, Yle, 18 January 2022
  11. ^ a b c Urho Nissilä katosi kuvasta ja laittoi puhelimen kiinni, Helsingin Sanomat, 10 September 2024
  12. ^ "Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuraan". www.kups.fi.
  13. ^ Minne hävisi KuPSin tähtipelaaja? Kukaan ei tunnu tietävän, Savon Sanomat, 11 October 2023
  14. ^ FINN KÖZÉPPÁLYÁS ÉRKEZETT, puskasakademia.hu, 29 January 2024
  15. ^ Huuhkajien pelaaja siirtyi Viktor Orbánin lempilapseen, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 January 2024
  16. ^ Hungary » NB I 2023/2024 » 29. Round » Puskás FC - Paksi SE 5:0, worldfootball
  17. ^ "Keskikenttämaestro Urho Nissilä valittiin U21-maajoukkueeseen" [Midfielder Urho Nissilä was selected for the U21 national team] (in Finnish). KuPS. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Finland v Wales game report". ESPN. 1 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Huuhkajat voittoon Kazakstanista – MM-karsintalohkon kakkoseksi" [Eagle Owls win Kazakhstan - Now on second position in group] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  20. ^ "U. NISSILÄ". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  21. ^ Urho Nissilä, stats at Finnish FA
  22. ^ "Urho Nissilä". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  23. ^ a b Liimatta, Ville (3 December 2021). "Tässä suomalaisen jalkapallon vuoden 2021 parhaat - katso kaikki Captain's Ball -gaalassa palkitut". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty Veikkausliigakauden 2021 osalta". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  25. ^ Urho Nissilä Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja, JPY, 5 September 2021
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