Tuomas Aho

Tuomas Aho
Aho with HIFK in 2015
Personal information
Full name Tuomas Yrjö Aho
Date of birth (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 (age 45)
Place of birth Parikkala, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
–1992 KeuPa
1993–1994 Kuusankosken Kumu
1995 FC Kouvola
1996–1998 FC Kuusankoski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Kuusankoski 5 (0)
1999–2004 MYPA 118 (3)
2002 → Kuusankoski (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2006 AGF 18 (0)
2006–2008 HJK 59 (1)
2007 → Klubi 04 (loan) 3 (0)
2009–2014 MyPa 142 (5)
2015–2016 HIFK 52 (2)
Total 398 (11)
International career
1999 Finland U18 8 (0)
2000 Finland U19 8 (0)
2001 Finland U20 5 (0)
2000–2003 Finland U21 12 (0)
2006 Finland B 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made 371 appearances in the Veikkausliiga, and had a short stint abroad with Danish Superliga club AGF.

Career

Early years

Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and FC Kuusankoski. He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season.

He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against FC Jazz. He won the Finnish Cup with the club in 2004.

AGF

On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with Danish Superliga club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired. He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as a substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over Nordsjælland. He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB.

Return to Finland

Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK. He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008. He served as club captain of both HJK and MyPa.

On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with HIFK, who were newly promoted to the top division.

Personal life

Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuusankoski 1998 Kakkonen 50–––50
MYPA 1999 Veikkausliiga 80–––80
2000 Veikkausliiga 300––10310
2001 Veikkausliiga 271––20291
2002 Veikkausliiga 30––0030
2003 Veikkausliiga 240––40280
2004 Veikkausliiga 26211–20293
Total 11031100901164
Kuusankoski (loan) 2002 Ykkönen 10–––10
AGF 2004–05 Danish Superliga 120–––120
2005–06 Danish Superliga 60–––60
Total 180000000180
HJK 2006 Veikkausliiga 191100010211
2007 Veikkausliiga 180000010190
2008 Veikkausliiga 220100000230
Total 591200020631
Klubi 04 2007 Ykkönen 30–––30
MYPA 2009 Veikkausliiga 2500050–300
2010 Veikkausliiga 211101050281
2011 Veikkausliiga 1701020–200
2012 Veikkausliiga 252202030322
2013 Veikkausliiga 3011040–351
2014 Veikkausliiga 241005040332
Total 1425501901201785
HIFK 2015 Veikkausliiga 2310010–241
2016 Veikkausliiga 2011050–261
2017 Veikkausliiga 10000––100
Total 532106000602
Career total 391119125023044812
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

MyPa

HJK

References

  1. ↑ "Tuomas Aho, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Vento, Jari (16 May 2019). "Tuomas Aho kesäleirille vierailijaksi". KP-75 (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet – Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006. Jyväskylä: Suomen urheilumuseosäätiö. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. ↑ "Liigapelaajat". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jalkapallokirja 2005 – Suomen Palloliiton Julkaisu 70: Vuosikerta". journal (in Finnish). Helsinki: Liiton Toimisto. 2005. ISSN 0787-7188.
  6. ↑ "Fodbold: Grahn og Aho til AGF". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Engmann, Jesper (22 March 2005). "Første hele kamp til finne". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Nielsen, Poul F. (7 May 2005). "Bræmer bankede AGF". B.T. (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Superligakamp AaB–AGF, 07.05.2005". SuperStats. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tuomas Aho skifter til HJK Helsinki". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Aho, Multaharju and Oksanen MyPaan". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Aho, Mikko (27 September 2008). "Veikkausliiga | Tuomas Aho: "On suuri kunnia olla HJK:n kapteeni"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kapteenisto kaudella 2012". Myllykosken Pallo -47 (in Finnish). 23 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Perret, Christoffer (13 March 2015). "Tuomas Aho HIFK:hon - ensimmäinen täysin kotimainen joukkue pääsarjassa 7 vuoteen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Isotalo, Mikko; Laukkanen, Riku (14 April 2015). "Topparia etsimässä" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.