Aatu Hakala
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aatu Aabraham Hakala | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lahti | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2012 | TiPS | ||
| 2013–2014 | KOPSE | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Legirus Inter | 17 | (0) |
| 2017 | TiPS | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Gnistan | 51 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Haka | 58 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | KuPS | 9 | (0) |
| 2026– | Lahti | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026 | |||
Aatu Aabraham Hakala (born 28 July 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[1]
Career
Hakala played in Legirus Inter and Tikkurilan Palloseura (TiPS) as a junior in lower divisions in Vantaa, before joining Gnistan in third-tier level Kakkonen in 2018.[2]
Hakala joined FC Haka in Valkeakoski for the 2021 season and managed to establish his place as a first-choice goalkeeper of the team in the league.[3][4]
After three seasons with Haka, he transferred to fellow Veikkausliiga club KuPS in Kuopio on 14 November 2023, on a two-year deal, starting in 2024.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 20 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Legirus Inter | 2015 | Nelonen | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Kolmonen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| TiPS | 2017 | Kolmonen | 16 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Gnistan | 2018 | Kakkonen | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 51 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Haka | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 0 | ||
| KuPS | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| KuPS Akatemia | 2025 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 151 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 193 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Regions Cup and Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
Honours
Gnistan
- Kakkonen Group B: 2019
KuPS
References
- ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA
- ↑ UNELMANA MESTARIEN LIIGA – MITEN AATU HAKALASTA TULI JALKAPALLOMAALIVAHTI?, gnistan.fi, 27 August 2020
- ↑ Aatu Hakala siirtyi Hakaan kehittyäkseen - "Älyttömän tyytyväinen valintaani", Veikkausliiga, 6 April 2021
- ↑ Haka yllätti maalijuhlillaan päävalmentaja Tainionkin – 21-vuotias Aatu Hakala liekehti toisessa liigaottelussaan nollapeliin: ”Kaikki antoivat ihan mieletöntä palautetta”, Aamulehti, Kirsi Teiskonlahti, 22 September 2021
- ↑ Tervetuloa Kuopioon Aatu Hakala!, kups.fi, 14 November 2023
- ↑ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
- ↑ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
External links
- Aatu Hakala at Soccerway
- Aatu Hakala at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- IF Gnistan players
- FC Haka players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Tikkurilan Palloseura players
- FC Legirus Inter players
- Korson Palloseura players
- FC Lahti players
- Finnish football goalkeeper stubs