Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 May 2007 | ||
Place of birth | Tampere, Finland | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2023 | Ilves [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2023– | Ilves II | 16 | (2) |
2024– | Ilves | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Finland U15 | 4 | (0) |
2023 | Finland U16 | 6 | (5) |
2023– | Finland U17 | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 |
Arttu Tulehmo (born 2 May 2007) is a Finnish professional footballer playing as an attacking midfielder for Veikkausliiga side Ilves.
Tulehmo is a product of the youth academy of his home town club Ilves. [2] He started to play football in the club's youth team when he was four years old. [3] In the summer 2022, Tulehmo was among the five youth players to sign a development contract with Ilves. [4]
Tulehmo made his senior debut in 2023 with the club's reserve team Ilves II, playing in the third-tier league Kakkonen Group B. He played in a total of eight matches and scored once in the 2023 Kakkonen season. He was also named in the Ilves first team line-up on 5 July 2023, in the 2023 Finnish Cup quarter final win against VJS, but remained an unused substitute. [5]
On 4 January 2024, at the age of 16, Tulehmo signed his first professional contract with Ilves on a three-year deal. [6] [7] He debuted with the first team on 3 February 2024, in a Finnish League Cup match against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS). On 12 June 2024, Tulehmo debuted in Veikkausliiga, in a 2–0 away win against Inter Turku. [8]
Tulehmo has represented Finland regularly at youth national teams at under-15, under-16 and under-17 levels. [9] On 6 May 2023, Tulehmo scored a hat-trick for Finland U16, in a 3–1 friendly win against Wales U16.