Jukka Sauso
Finnish footballer (born 1982)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pekka Jukka Sauso | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jönköpings Södra IF | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–2000 | VPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | VPS | 60 | (2) |
| 2005 | Hämeenlinna | 26 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Örgryte | 58 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | HJK | 43 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Jönköpings Södra | 29 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Finland | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2006 | |||
Jukka Sauso (born 20 June 1982) is a Finnish former footballer.
Sauso is a big and strong central defender, but is often used as a last minute solution up front because of his notorious heading skills. When Sauso was playing for Örgryte IS in the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2006, he also started some matches as a striker.
Sauso played for Vaasan Palloseura and FC Hämeenlinna in Veikkausliiga before moving to Sweden and Örgryte for the 2005 season. He was a big hit in his first season in Allsvenskan and was near to move to Wisła Kraków.[1] After playing two seasons in Allsvenskan and a third in Superettan for Örgryte, he moved back to Finland for the 2008 season.[2]
Sauso was promoted to the Finland national team in 2005. He was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Career statistics
- As of 1 September 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VPS | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | Ykkönen | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
| Hämeenlinna | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| Örgryte | 2005 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2006 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | Superettan | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2 | ||
| HJK | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
| Jönköpings Södra IF | 2010 | Superettan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Superettan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 215 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 230 | 7 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Svenska Cupen
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
HJK
References
- Guardian Football at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 September 2012)
External links
- Profile at HJK.fi
- Stats at Veikkausliiga.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 September 2008)
- Jukka Sauso at National-Football-Teams.com
