Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Mikael Soisalo[1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 April 1998 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-winger | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Puskás Akadémia | ||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
2002–2012 | Honka | ||||||||||
2012–2015 | HJK | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Middlesbrough | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2015 | Klubi 04 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
2016 | Ilves | 31 | (7) | ||||||||
2017–2018 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2018–2020 | Zulte Waregem | 32 | (1) | ||||||||
2021 | → Varzim (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
2021–2023 | Riga FC | 67 | (16) | ||||||||
2023– | Puskás Akadémia | 18 | (2) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2013–2014 | Finland U16 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||
2014–2015 | Finland U17 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||
2016 | Finland U18 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||
2016–2017 | Finland U19 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||
2017–2020 | Finland U21 | 20 | (2) | ||||||||
2022– | Finland | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022 |
Mikael Soisalo (born 24 April 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-winger for Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia. He has also represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[2] Soisalo was born in Helsinki, Finland. He began his senior club career on league level playing for Ilves, before signing with Zulte Waregem at age 20 in 2018.[3]