Otto-Pekka Jurvainen
Otto-Pekka Jurvainen playing for HIFK in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 February 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Wing-back or Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | HIFK | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1999 | PuiU | ||
2000–2004 | HJK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | → Atlantis FC | 21 | (4) |
2004 | HJK | 6 | (0) |
2004 | → Klubi 04 | 9 | (0) |
2005 | Atlantis FC | 19 | (2) |
2006 | KäPa | 25 | (9) |
2007–2014 | PK-35 | 199 | (22) |
2015– | HIFK | 15 | (4) |
National team | |||
2000 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) |
2001 | Finland U16 | 11 | (1) |
2002 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
2003 | Finland U18 | 3 | (0) |
2004 | Finland U19 | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2016. |
Otto-Pekka Jurvainen (born 1 February 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish footballer, who represents HIFK in the Veikkausliiga, the premier division of football in Finland.
He is a former youth talent of Puistolan Urheilijat of Helsinki. He has played for HJK as a youth player as well.[1] He has represented Finnish national team on different youth levels on 33 occasions.[2] He made his debut in the highest level of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga, on 13 May 2004. During that season, he played in 6 matches in the league for HJK and in 9 matches for the reserve team Klubi 04.
After his spell in HJK, he moved to Atlantis FC in 2005 to play Ykkönen. The next season in 2006, he played for Käpylän Pallo who played in Kakkonen, the third level of Finnish football. The next season he moved to play for PK-35 of Vantaa, who played on the second highest level in Ykkönen. Jurvainen spent seven years in PK-35 before joining HIFK after the season of 2014, who were promoted to Veikkausliiga.