Back جويل بوهيانبالو Arabic جويل بوهيانبالو ARZ Joel Pohjanpalo Czech Joel Pohjanpalo German Joel Pohjanpalo Spanish Joel Pohjanpalo Estonian یوئل پوهیانپالو Persian Joel Pohjanpalo Finnish Joel Pohjanpalo French יואל פוהיאנפאלו HE
.jpg) Pohjanpalo with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joel Julius Ilmari Pohjanpalo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Venezia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2005 | PK-35 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | HJK | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Klubi 04 | 26 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | HJK | 50 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → VfR Aalen (loan) | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 55 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Hamburger SV (loan) | 14 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 19 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 33 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Venezia | 90 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Finland U15 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Finland U16 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Finland U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Finland U18 | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Finland U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Finland U21 | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Finland | 77 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Joel Julius Ilmari Pohjanpalo (born 13 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Venezia and the Finland national team.[1]
Pohjanpalo began his career with HJK, making his Veikkausliiga debut on 26 October 2011 at the age of 17;[2] he moved out to Germany at age nineteen in 2013. After multiple successful loan spells in Germany and Turkey, Pohjanpalo left Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 and was acquired by Italian side Venezia, where he quickly became a fan favourite cult player, and as the team captain, helped Venezia promote to Serie A in 2024.[3][4][5][6]
Pohjanpalo made his full international debut for Finland in November 2012 at the age of eighteen, and has since made over 70 appearances, including playing in matches for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, and in the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament.
- ^ "Joel Pohjanpalo" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "HJK:n huippulupaukselle pitkä sopimus" [A long contract for HJK's top talent] (in Finnish). MTV3. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Venetsian päällikkö, Ilta-Sanomat, 17 November 2023
- ^ Jalkapalloilija Joel Pohjanpalo avoimena tähteydestä ja ammattinsa karusta kääntöpuolesta – ”Ura voi päättyä yhdessä illassa”, seura.fi, 5 September 2023
- ^ Kausi kuin elokuvasta, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 19 June 2023
- ^ Joel Pohjanpalon tempaus herättää huomiota Italiassa, Helsingin Sanomat, Juha Kanerva, 3 December 2023