Anselmi Nurmela
{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anselmi Nurmela
| fullname = Anselmi Mikael Nurmela{{NFF|3973054}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Emmen, Netherlands
| image = Anselmi Nurmela.jpg
| caption = Nurmela with AC Oulu in 2020
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = OLS
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011
| youthyears2 = 2012
| youthclubs1 = OLS
| youthclubs2 = Tervarit
| years1 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = Oulu
| caps1 = 69
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = RoPS
| caps2 = 29
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2018–2020
| clubs3 = Flora
| caps3 = 25
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2020–2021
| clubs4 = AC Oulu
| caps4 = 48
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = Hødd
| caps5 = 5
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022
| clubs6 = Hødd 2
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2022
| clubs7 = Hønefoss
| caps7 = 9
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = OLS
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = Finland U18
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2014
| nationalteam2 = Finland U19
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2016
| nationalteam3 = Finland U20
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam4 = Finland U21
| nationalcaps4 = 9
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| pcupdate = 9 October 2024
| ntupdate = 16 October 2018
}}
Anselmi Mikael Nurmela (born 22 November 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for OLS.{{Soccerway|anselmi-nurmela/313878}}[https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2023/11/28/anselmi-nurmela-tekee-paluun-kentille-sopimus-ac-oulun-kanssa Anselmi Nurmela tekee paluun kentille - sopimus AC Oulun kanssa], Veikkausliiga, 28 November 2023
Club career
In 2016 Nurmela played 22 games for AC Oulu in the Finnish 1st Division Ykkönen before joining top division Veikkausliiga outfit Rovaniemen Palloseura.{{cite web |title=RoPS signs a 1-year contract with Anselmi Nurmela |url=http://www.football-finland.com/2017/01/24/rops-signs-1-year-contract-anselmi-nurmela/ |website=Football Finland |accessdate=14 February 2020 |date=24 January 2017}} In 2017, Nurmela made 24 starts and five substitute appearances in the Finnish top division.{{cite web |last1=London |first1=Danny Lewis |title=Veikkausliiga U-22 Young Players' Team of the Season 2017: Talent Radar |url=http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/11/18/veikkausliiga-u-22-young-players-team-of-the-season-2017-talent-radar/ |website=Outside of the Boot |accessdate=14 February 2020 |date=18 November 2017}} In February 2018, Nurmela joined FC Flora in Estonia.{{cite web |title=Jalkapallo vei oululaisen Anselmi Nurmelan etelänaapuriin – "Tallinna on upea kaupunki" |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/urheilu/jalkapallo-vei-oululaisen-anselmi-nurmelan-etelanaapuriin-tallinna-on-upea-kaupunki/793929/ |website=Kaleva.fi |accessdate=14 February 2020 |language=fi}} With Flora Nurmela won the 2019 Estonian league title{{Cite web | url=http://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/52/premium-liiga | title=Premium liiga }} making 18 appearances and scoring two goals.{{Cite web | url=http://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/player/44182/team/4 | title=Mängija }}
International career
On 24 March 2017, he made his debut with the Finland national under-21 football team in a friendly against Netherlands.{{cite web|publisher=Football Association of Finland|url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/jalkapallouutiset/pikkuhuuhkajille-kahden-maalin-tappio|title=Pikkuhuuhkajille kahden maalin tappio|date=24 March 2017|access-date=17 January 2022|language=fi}}
Personal life
He is the son of former Finnish international Mika Nurmela.
Career statistics
{{updated|8 October 2024.}}[https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/83944/player/seasons Anselmi Nurmela stats], Football Association of Finland
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, Estonian Cup and Norwegian Football Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=5|AC Oulu
|2013 |3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2014
|Ykkönen |25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2015
|Ykkönen |19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2016
|Ykkönen |22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 23 | 2 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!69 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6 | |
| OLS
|2016 |1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| RoPS
|2017 |29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 34 | 1 | ||
| rowspan=3|Flora Tallinn
|2018 |11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2019
|Meistriliiga |14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| rowspan=3|Flora II
|2018 |11 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019
|Esiliiga |1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|AC Oulu
|2020 |Ykkönen |21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2021
|Veikkausliiga |27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 30 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | |
| Hødd
|2022 |5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hødd 2
|2022 |4 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 4 | 1 | |||
| Hønefoss
|2022 |3. divisjon |9 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 9 | 1 | |||
| OLS
|2024 |Ykkönen |18 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 18 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!220 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 13 |
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Category:Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Category:Finland men's youth international footballers
Category:Finland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Rovaniemen Palloseura players
Category:Veikkausliiga players
Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway