Juho Ojanen
Juho Ojanen (born 2 January 2002) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ivy League side Harvard Crimson.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Harvard Crimson | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2018 | Honka | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Harvard Crimson | 11 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Honka | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Honka Akatemia | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Greuther Fürth II | 20 | (2) |
| 2022 | Klubi 04 | 4 | (1) |
| 2023 | SexyPöxyt | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Finland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:14, 2 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Early life edit
Born in Espoo, Ojanen joined the academy of Honka in 2006.[2]
Honka edit
On 18 January 2018 Honka announced that it had signed a multi-year contract with his own protégé Juho Ojanen.[3]
Greuther Fürth II edit
After a year in Honka´s senior squad it was announced that Ojanen was leaving the team in an international transfer.[4] It was later announced that his new team was Greuther Fürth.
Klubi 04 edit
On 17 May 2022 HJK reported that Ojanen had ended his contract with Greuther Fürth and would join HJK`s reserve team Klubi 04 for the summer before joining Harvard Crimson.[5]
Harvard edit
On 1 August 2022 it was reported that Harvard University would add Ojanen and seven other first-years ahead of 2022 men’s soccer season.[6]
International career edit
Ojanen has competed on the Finland national teams at the U15-U21 levels and has been a member of the national team program since 2017. He has 26 caps for Finland youth national teams. He won the International Federation Cup in Latvia with the Finland U17 team in 2018 and captained the Finland U15 and U16 sides in 2017 and 2018.[7]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 4 July 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Honka | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Honka Akatemia | 2018 | Kakkonen | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Greuther Fürth II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Bayern | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–21 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 18 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 4 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Career total | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
- Notes
- ^ a b Appearances in the Finnish Cup
References edit
- ^ Juho Ojanen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Juho Ojanen". gocrimson.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Poikamaajoukkueen kapteeni Juho Ojanen ja Esport Honka monivuotiseen sopimukseen" [Captain of the boys' national team Juho Ojanen and Esport Honka to a multi-year contract] (in Finnish). Honka. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Saku Heiskanen lainalle Honkaan, Juho Ojanen uusiin haasteisiin" [Saku Heiskanen on loan to Honka, Juho Ojanen to new challenges] (in Finnish). Honka. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Juho Ojanen Saksasta kesäksi HJK Klubi 04:ään" [Juho Ojanen from Germany to HJK Klubi 04 for the summer] (in Finnish). HJK. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Harvard University adds eight first-years ahead of 2022 men's soccer season". soccerwire.com. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Roster 14 Juho Ojanen". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Juho Ojanen at Soccerway