Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oskari Johannes Orevillo Kekkonen | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Kotka, Finland | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lamphun Warrior | ||
Number | 55 | ||
Youth career | |||
Peli-Karhut | |||
2019 | SJK Seinäjoki | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2016 | KTP | 11 | (0) |
2016 | → Sudet (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Lahti | 7 | (0) |
2017 | → FC Kuusysi (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2018 | → PKKU (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2018 | → KTP (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019 | PeKa | 19 | (5) |
2019–2021 | PEPO | 21 | (3) |
2021 | PeKa | 2 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Azkals Development Team | 0 | (0) |
2022 | Kaya-Iloilo | 12 | (0) |
2023 | PK-35 | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Lamphun Warriors | 18 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Finland U18 | ||
2021–2022 | Philippines U23 | 10 | (1) |
2021– | Philippines | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Oskari Johannes Orevillo Kekkonen [2] (born 24 September 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Thai League 1 club Lamphun Warrior and the Philippines national team.
Born in Finland to a Filipino mother and a Finnish father, he played for his birth country at youth level before switching international allegiance to the Philippines in 2021.
Born in Kotka, Finland, to a Filipino mother and a Finnish father, [3] he made his first-team debut for KTP in 2016, at the age of 17. [4] He then played for Sudet, FC Lahti, FC Kuusysi and PKKU. [1] [5]
On 21 July 2018, he re-joined KTP on loan from FC Lahti until the end of the season. [6] In April 2019 it appeared from SJK Seinäjoki's website, that Kekkonen had become a part of the club's U20 squad. [7] [8] He returned to his childhood club, Peli-Karhut, in April 2019. [8] In September 2019, Kekkonen joined PEPO Lappeenranta. [9]
As of October 2021, he was signed with the Azkals Development Team of the Philippines Football League. [10] In his first tournament with the club, they finished as runners-up of the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara. [11] In January 2022 he moved to Kaya-Iloilo. [12]
He returned to Finland with PK-35 for the 2023 season. [13]
On 2 July 2023, he signed with Lamphun Warriors for the 2023–24 Thai League 1 Season. [14]
Kekkonen played for Finland's under-18 team in the 2017 Baltic Cup. He came on as a 75th minute sub in their opening match where Finland defeated Latvia 4–0. [15]
He then played for the Philippines under-23 team at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. [16] He made his debut on 25 October 2021, coming on as a 33rd minute substitute in their 3–0 loss to South Korea U23. [10] Kekkonen was included in the 20-man squad for 31st Southeast Asian Games, which was held in Vietnam. [17] Kekkonen scored his first goal for Philippines U23 in a 4–0 win against Timor-Leste. [18] [19]
Kekkonen was named in the Philippines' squad for the 2020 AFF Championship. [20] He made his senior international debut on 8 December 2021 as a substitute in their 2–1 loss to hosts Singapore. [21] [22] [23]
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