Santeri Silander
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santeri Silander Catalán | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Oulu | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | LPS | ||
| 2017–2022 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Klubi 04 | 24 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | HJK | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | OLS | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | AC Oulu | 34 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 September 2024 | |||
Santeri Silander Catalán (born 20 April 2004) is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Career
Silander played in the youth sector of Laajasalon Palloseura (LPS) in Laajasalo, Helsinki, before joining HJK youth academy in 2017. He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in 2022, playing in the third tier Kakkonen.[1] He made his first team debut for HJK in Finnish League Cup in 2023.
After starting the 2024 season with Klubi 04 in third tier Ykkönen, in August 2024, Silander moved to Oulu to start his medical studies at the University of Oulu. He subsequently joined Oulun Luistinseura (OLS), the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.[2] On 14 September, Silander debuted in Veikkausliiga with AC Oulu first team, scoring a goal in a crucial 3–0 home win over Lahti.[3]
Personal life
Silander was born in Zaragoza, Spain, to Spanish mother and Finnish father and was raised in Finland. He has a dual citizenship.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 26 February 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| OLS | 2024 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| AC Oulu | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
- ↑ HJK Klubi 04:n Santeri Silander ja Alex Lietsa jatkosopimuksiin, hjk.fi, 18 January 2024
- ↑ SANTERI SILANDER SIIRTYY KLUBI 04:STA RESERVIJOUKKUEEN VAHVUUTEEN, acoulu.fi, 26 August 2024
- ↑ Lääketieteen fuksin ihmeellinen liigadebyytti: Santeri Silander tuli kentälle ja teki heti ensimmäisen maalinsa neljään vuoteen – AC Oululle iso voitto Raatissa, Kaleva, 14 September 2024
- ↑ AC Oulun läpimurtopelaajan koko nimi on Santeri Silander Catalán – Espanjalaisuus näkyy myös hänen päivittäisessä arjessaan, Kaleva, 25 April 2025
External links
- Santeri Silander at Soccerway
- Santeri Silander stats at Finnish FA
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Laajasalon Palloseura players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- Oulun Luistinseura players
- AC Oulu players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Footballers from Zaragoza
- Finnish people of Spanish descent
- Spanish people of Finnish descent