Joni Mäkelä
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joni Onni Kristian Mäkelä[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Valkeakoski, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OLS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | AC Oulu | 51 | (9) |
| 2011 | → FC Santa Claus (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | KTP | 27 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Haka | 51 | (11) |
| 2017–2018 | KuPS | 32 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | KuFu-98 | 8 | (10) |
| 2019 | KPV | 21 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Florø | 38 | (5) |
| 2022– | KTP | 110 | (14) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026 | |||
Joni Mäkelä (born 28 September 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for KTP as a right winger.[3]
Career
Mäkelä played in the youth sector of OLS and started his senior career with another local club AC Oulu in 2009.[4]
On 24 December 2018, Kokkolan PV announced the signing of Mäkelä on a one-year deal.[2]
After a stint in Norway with Florø, he has played for KTP since 2022.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 10 March 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AC Oulu | 2009 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Ykkönen | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 7 | |||
| 2013 | Ykkönen | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | ||
| FC Santa Claus (loan) | 2011 | Kakkonen | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| KTP | 2014 | Ykkönen | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 8 | ||
| Haka | 2015 | Ykkönen | 26 | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 31 | 9 | ||
| 2016 | Ykkönen | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 30 | 7 | |||
| Total | 51 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 16 | ||
| KuPS | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 32 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| KuFu-98 | 2017 | Kakkonen | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | ||
| KPV | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 3 | 7 | 3 | – | – | 30 | 6 | ||
| Florø | 2020 | 2. divisjon | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 2. divisjon | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | |||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | ||
| KTP | 2022 | Ykkönen | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 30 | 9 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 315 | 63 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 373 | 79 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Football Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
AC Oulu[3]
KuPS[3]
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2017
- Ykkönen: 2022
- Ykkösliiga: 2024
References
- ↑ Joni Mäkelä at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- 1 2 SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Joni Mäkelä vahvistamaan Vihreää!, kpv.fi, 24 December 2018
- 1 2 3 4 Joni Mäkelä at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ↑ Lupaava Joni Mäkelä kuluttaa vaihtopenkkiä, Kaleva, 9 August 2010
- ↑ FC KTP:n pelaaja Joni Mäkelä, 29, on harkitsevainen rahankäyttäjä ja sijoittaa tulevien vuosien varalle – "Eihän täällä Suomessa pelaamalla rikastu", Kymen Sanomat, 1 December 2022
- ↑ Joni Mäkelä stats, Finnish FA
- ↑ KTP varmisti sarjanousun Veikkausliigaan, Yle, 6 October 2024
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Sportspeople from Valkeakoski
- Footballers from Pirkanmaa
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- AC Oulu players
- FC Santa Claus players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- FC Haka players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- SC Kuopio Futis-98 players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Florø SK players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Ykkösliiga players
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Oulun Luistinseura players
- Finnish football midfielder stubs