Petri Oravainen

Petri Oravainen

Oravainen with HJK in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-01-26) 26 January 1983
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	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 as of 21:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals 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. 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.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		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	0	25	4
	2003	Veikkausliiga	10	1	1	0	–		–		11	1
	2004	Veikkausliiga	26	7	–		–		4	0	30	7
	2005	Veikkausliiga	21	4	–		–		–		21	4
	2006	Veikkausliiga	12	2	2	0	–		2	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	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	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	2	19	14
	2016	Kolmonen	16	9	–		–		2	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

Honours

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2002, 2003, 2009
• Finnish Cup: 2003, 2006, 2008

External links

• Petri Oravainen at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at HJK.fi
• Stats at Veikkausliiga.com
• Guardian Football