Juho Talvitie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juho Jaakko Talvitie | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Heracles Almelo (on loan from Lommel) | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Ilves | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Lommel | 52 | (6) |
| 2024– | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Finland U19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2023– | Finland U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 2024– | Finland | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024 | |||
Juho Jaakko Talvitie (born 25 March 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo, on loan from Lommel, and for the Finland national team.[1]
Early career
[edit]Talvitie started playing football in Ilves in Tampere. In 2020, Talvitie trialed for the youth academy of English Premier League side Manchester United.[2]
Club career
[edit]Lommel
[edit]In 2021, he signed for Belgian First Division B club Lommel.[3] On 15 September 2021, he debuted for 4–2 win over Diegem Sport in a Belgian Cup game.[4] He made his Belgian First Division B debut on 1 October 2021 against Westerlo. During season 2021–22 he made 6 appearances in league matches and 1 in Belgian Cup.[5] In the 2023–24 season, Talvitie made 35 appearances for Lommel in all competitions, scoring four goals and providing three assists. He played six games in the Belgian Pro League Promotion Play-offs.
Heracles Almelo (loan)
[edit]On 19 July 2024, Talvitie extended his contract with Lommel until June 2028, and simultaneously he was loaned out to Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo for the 2024–25 season with no option to buy.[6] On 25 August 2024, in the third match of the season, Talvitie scored his first goal in Eredivisie, in a 1–1 draw against Willem II.[7]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Talvitie made his debut in international football in Algarve on 22 November 2019 at the age 15 playing for Finland U15 in a 3–2 defeat against Spain U15.[8]
Talvitie has been capped at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth international levels for Finland. Since 2023, he has played for Finland under-21 national team. On 21 November 2023, Talvitie scored his first U21 goal, in a 6–0 home win over Armenia.[9]
Senior
[edit]On 4 June 2024, Talvitie made his senior national team debut for Finland, as a starter in a 4–2 friendly defeat against Portugal.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 2 November 2024.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lommel | 2021–22 | Challenger Pro League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 6[b] | 1 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Total | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 7 | ||
| Heracles Almelo (loan) | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 9 | ||
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup and KNVB Beker
- ^ Includes Belgian Pro League Promotion Play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 7 June 2024
| Finland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Football Association of Finland: The Boy Player of the Year: 2021[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "U19-pojat (P2004)" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Juho Talvitie Manchester Unitedin testissä. Reissussa ovat mukana myös isä Esa ja Ilveksen kansainvälisestä toiminnasta vastaava Marco Baruffato". instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Juho Talvitie viihtyy Lommelissa – "Jos katsoo muutaman vuoden päähän, tavoitteeni ovat todella korkealla"". palloliitto.fi.
- ^ Juho Talvitie at Soccerway
- ^ "Juho Talvitie Lommel SK". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ HERACLES ALMELO HUURT JUHO TALVITIE VAN LOMMEL SK, heracles.nl, 19 July 2024
- ^ JUHO TALVITIE, 19, ONNISTUI MAALINTEOSSA HOLLANNIN PÄÄSARJASSA!, pallomeri.net, 26 August 2024
- ^ "JALKAPALLOKIRJA 2020" [FOOTBALL BOOK 2020] (PDF) (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Pikkuhuuhkajat murskasi Armenian – Topi Keskinen viimeisteli todella upean maalin, Iltasanomat, 21 November 2023
- ^ Teemu Pukin maalit Huuhkajien ilonaihe, Portugali täysin ylivoimainen, Yle, 4 June 2024
- ^ Juho Talvitie at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Kaikki Captain's Ballissa 2021 jaetut palkinnot" [All prizes awarded at Captain's Ball 2021] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
External links
[edit]
- Lommel SK official profile
- Juho Talvitie at WorldFootball.net
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football wingers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Ilves (football) players
- Lommel S.K. players
- Heracles Almelo players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands