Petri Oravainen

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Petri Oravainen
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-26) 26 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Puistolan Urheilijat
Käpylän Pallo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006
HJK Helsinki
98 (18)
2006–2008
FC Zwolle
24 (4)
2008–2009
HJK Helsinki
35 (4)
2010–2012
KuPS
47 (3)
2012–2013 PK-35 Vantaa 25 (3)
2014–2015 Puistolan Urheilijat (–)
International career
2004 Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2008

Petri Oravainen (born 26 January 1983) is a

FC Zwolle
in the Netherlands. Oravainen, who is 177 cm tall, played as a winger on both left and right side. He made his debut at the senior level in 2001 at the age of 18.

Club career

Oravainen joined HJK as a thirteen-year-old. Before moving to Finnish top club's youth team, he had played in smaller junior clubs in the capital area. In 2001, he debuted in the first team and was said to be one of the most talented youth players in the league. In 2004, he was called up to the national team for the first time. However, a run of injuries disturbed his development and he could not really live up to the high expectations. He became one of the fans' favourites and especially his pace was a danger for many opponents.

He decided to take a look at playing abroad and signed a contract with

HJK Helsinki.[1]
In the 2008 season he played a total of 20 league games for 'Klubi' in which he scored four times.

'Pexi' had a big share in the victory over FC Honka in the

HJK the 10th Finnish Cup victory in its history and the third one for Oravainen himself.[2]

Honours

HJK[3]

References

  1. ^ "Oravainen verlaat FC Zwolle voor HJK Helsinki". WeblogZwolle (in Dutch). 3 January 2008.
  2. ^ "HJK Helsinki Historia". HJK (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Petri Oravainen". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Petri Oravainen". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

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