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Aleksei Kangaskolkka

Aleksei Kangaskolkka
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Vyborg, USSR
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 MyPa 48 (9)
2009–2011 Tampere United 48 (13)
2011–2012 IFK Mariehamn 50 (20)
2013 Jönköping 12 (4)
2013–2015 Heracles Almelo 4 (0)
2015–2018 IFK Mariehamn 99 (34)
Total 261 (80)
International career
2009–2010 Finland U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksei Kangaskolkka (born 29 October 1988) is a Finnish-Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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Kangaskolkka was born in Vyborg, USSR, where he grew up before moving to Finland with his mother and Ingrian Finnish stepfather at the age of eight.[1] In 2004, he made his debut with MyPa in the Finnish top division Veikkausliiga at the young age of sixteen. In that same year he also went on trial with English club Manchester United. In his second year with IFK Mariehamn he had his most successful season yet when he became the second best goalscorer of the 2012 Veikkausliiga. After that Kangaskolkka felt that he wanted to try playing in another league and signed a one-year contract with Jönköpings Södra in the Swedish second tier.[2] On 17 July 2013, he signed with Dutch side Heracles Almelo.[3] In 2015, Kangaskolkka returned to Mariehamn. That year he won Finnish Cup. The next season he won Veikkausliiga, and in the 2017 season he became a top scorer of the league with 16 goals.[4] At the end of the 2018 season, Kangaskolkka announced his retirement from professional football.[5][6]

Personal life

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Kangaskolkka has both Finnish and Russian citizenship and says that he feels equally Finnish and Russian. He speaks the Finnish language better and considers Tampere in Finland to be his home. But he also admits that he supports the Russia men's national ice hockey team when they play against the Finland men's national ice hockey team.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MyPa 2004 Veikkausliiga 1 0 — — 1 0
2005 Veikkausliiga 1 0 — 0 0 1 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 22 6 — 4[b] 0 26 6
2007 Veikkausliiga 16 3 — 3[c] 0 19 3
2008 Veikkausliiga 9 0 — — 9 0
Total 49 9 0 0 7 0 56 9
Tampere United 2009 Veikkausliiga 25 7 3 0 — 28 7
2010 Veikkausliiga 23 6 — — 23 6
Total 48 13 3 0 — 51 13
IFK Mariehamn 2011 Veikkausliiga 21 4 — — 21 4
2012 Veikkausliiga 28 15 3 2 — 31 17
Total 49 19 3 2 — 52 21
Jönköpings Södra IF 2013 Superettan 12 4 3 2 — 15 6
Heracles Almelo 2013–14 Eredivisie 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
IFK Mariehamn 2015 Veikkausliiga 10 2 1 0 — 11 2
2016 Veikkausliiga 29 6 7 2 2[d] 0 38 8
2017 Veikkausliiga 30 16 6 3 2[b] 0 38 19
2018 Veikkausliiga 30 10 5 1 – 35 11
Total 99 34 19 6 4 0 122 40
Career total 261 79 28 10 11 0 300 89
  1. ^ Includes Finnish Cup, Finnish League Cup, Svenska Cupen, KNVB Beker
  2. ^ a b Includes UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Includes UEFA Europa League

Honours

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MyPa
IFK Mariehamn

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ Геракл из Выборга
  2. ^ a b "Jönköpings Södra känns som ett bra val". Jnytt. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Heracles strikt Fins aanspeelpunt Angaskolkka". Voetbalprimeur. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ Ilveksen maalitykki HJK:n paitaan
  5. ^ IFK:n luottopelaaja lopettaa uransa 30-vuotiaana
  6. ^ Aleksei Kangaskolkka avslutar sin karriär
  7. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
    As of match played 28 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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