Petri Oravainen

Petri Oravainen
Oravainen with HJK in 2009
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 98 (18)
2006–2008 Zwolle 24 (4)
2008–2009 HJK 35 (4)
2010–2012 KuPS 47 (3)
2012–2013 PK-35 Vantaa 25 (3)
2014–2015 PuiU 35 (21)
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 Finnish former footballer, who represented HJK Helsinki and KuPS in the Veikkausliiga and 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 FC Zwolle in the Dutch Eerste Divisie in 2006. He had a good start, but after another injury to his ankle he was out for several months and lost his place in the first team. After 16 matches and 4 goals, he moved back to Finland and joined his former club 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 Finnish Cup 2008 final. In own Finnair Stadium the home team beat the visitors from Espoo with 2–1 after extra time. Oravainen scored the winning goal after 114 minutes with a magnificent strike from just outside the penalty box. That goal delivered HJK the 10th Finnish Cup victory in its history and the third one for Oravainen himself.[2]

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 2001 Veikkausliiga 5 0 – – – 5 0
2002 Veikkausliiga 24 4 – – 1[b] 0 25 4
2003 Veikkausliiga 10 1 1 0 – – 11 1
2004 Veikkausliiga 26 7 – – 4[c] 0 30 7
2005 Veikkausliiga 21 4 – – – 21 4
2006 Veikkausliiga 12 2 2 0 – 2[b] 0 16 2
Total 98 20 3 0 0 0 7 0 108 20
Zwolle 2006–07 Eerste Divisie 12 4 – – – 12 4
2007–08 Eerste Divisie 12 0 – – – 12 0
Total 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4
HJK 2008 Veikkausliiga 20 4 2 1 – 0 0 22 5
2009 Veikkausliiga 15 0 1 0 9 0 1[d] 0 26 0
Total 35 4 3 1 9 0 1 0 48 5
KuPS 2010 Veikkausliiga 22 2 3 1 – – 25 3
2011 Veikkausliiga 25 2 1 0 – 2[d] 0 28 2
Total 47 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 53 5
PK-35 Vantaa 2012 Ykkönen 15 1 – – – 15 1
2013 Ykkönen 10 2 2 1 – – 12 3
Total 25 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 4
Puistolan Urheilijat 2015 Kolmonen 17 12 – – 2[e] 2 19 14
2016 Kolmonen 16 9 – – 2[e] 4 18 13
Total 33 21 0 0 0 0 4 6 37 27
Career total 262 54 12 3 9 0 14 6 297 63
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Regions' Cup

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.