Weight 79 kg Playing position Name Joel Perovuo Position MIDFIELDER | 0000–2004 Espoon PS Role Football player Years Team Height 1.87 m Date joined 2014 | |
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Date of birth (1985-08-11) 11 August 1985 (age 30) Number 24 (HJK Helsinki / Midfielder), 8 (Jagiellonia Bialystok / Midfielder) | ||
2017: FC Honka 1-2 SJK Seinäjoki
Joel Perovuo (born 11 August 1985 in Helsinki) is a Finnish professional football player who is currently playing for the Finnish Kakkonen side FC Honka.
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Career
Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS on youthside, before moving to FC Honka. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009 Djurgården announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team.
On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for two-and-half years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Schalke in the Europa League playoff-round.
In 2015 Perovuo returned to FC Honka after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems.
International career
On 11 October 2009 was called up by the Finland national team. Perovuo made his first appearance for Finland at senior level on 18 January 2010. He was at starting line-up, but was replaced by Paulus Arajuuri at 84th minute.