Jesper Engström

Jesper Engström
Engström with VPS in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992
Place of birth Vörå, Finland[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Left back[1]
Team information
Current team
 VPS
Number 4
Youth career
Hellnäs BK[2]
Norrvalla FF
2007–2008 Vasa IFK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Norrvalla FF 24 (3)
2010 Vasa IFK 25 (7)
2011–2019 VPS 204 (3)
2016 → YPA (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 Inter Turku 38 (3)
2022– VPS 79 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2025

Jesper Engström (born 24 April 1992) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains the Veikkausliiga club Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).[3][4]

Career

On 13 November 2019 Inter Turku confirmed that Engström would join the club for the 2020 season, signing a deal until the end of the year with an option for one further year.[5]

In November 2021, it was announced that he would return to VPS for the 2022 season.[6]

Personal life

Engström was diagnosed with lymphoma in January 2013.[7] He eventually survived the cancer with cytostatic treatment.[8]

Career statistics

As of 27 February 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norrvalla FF 2009 Kakkonen 243–––243
VIFK 2010 Kakkonen 257–––257
VPS 2011 Veikkausliiga 2700020–290
2012 Veikkausliiga 2412070–331
2013 Veikkausliiga 2302030–280
2014 Veikkausliiga 31010712[c]0411
2015 Veikkausliiga 29010002[c]0320
2016 Veikkausliiga 1602040–220
2017 Veikkausliiga 29250–4[c]0380
2018 Veikkausliiga 16060––220
2019 Veikkausliiga 9010––100
Total 2043200231802554
VPS Akatemia 2019 Kakkonen 20–––20
FC YPA (loan) 2016 Kakkonen 20–––20
Inter Turku 2020 Veikkausliiga 15180–1[c]0241
2021 Veikkausliiga 23230–1[d]0272
Total 3831100020513
VPS 2022 Veikkausliiga 2222030–270
2023 Veikkausliiga 2202040–280
2024 Veikkausliiga 20110502[d]0281
2025 Veikkausliiga 000050–50
Total 6435017020883
Career total 2591936040112034720
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jesper Engström at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Jesper Engström till VPS, svenska.yle.fi, 12 November 2010
  3. ↑ Jesper Engström at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  4. ↑ VPS valitsi kapteenistonsa kaudelle 2024, veikkausliiga.com, 28 March 2024
  5. ↑ JESPER ENGSTRÖM SIIRTYY FC INTERIIN, fcinter.fi, 13 November 2019
  6. ↑ "RECAP VIIME VIIKOSTA" (in Finnish). VPS. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Nuorella VPS-pelaajalla todettiin syöpä, Ilta-Sanomat, 21 March 2013
  8. ↑ Lääkäri löysi Jesper Engströmin kainalosta patin – siitä alkoi koettelemus, joka muutti urheilijan elämän, Ilta-Sanomat, 15 October 2022
  9. ↑ Jesper Engström stats, Finnish FA
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