Matias Paavola
{{Short description|Finnish footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matias Paavola
| image =
| fullname =
| height = 1.86 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|6|30}}
| birth_place = Kotka, Finland
| position = Right back
| currentclub = KTP
| clubnumber = 13
| youthclubs1 = KTP
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
| years1 = 2018–
| clubs1 = KTP
| caps1 = 109
| goals1 = 8
| years2 = 2018–2021
| clubs2 = → Peli-Karhut (loan)
| caps2 = 24
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = → Sudet (loan)
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2023
| clubs4 = → PEPO (loan)
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023
| clubs5 = → Gnistan (loan)
| caps5 = 4
| goals5 = 0
| club-update = 19 October 2024
}}
Matias Paavola (born 30 June 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club KTP.
Career
Born in Kotka, Paavola started football in a local club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP), making his senior debut with the first team in the 2018 season. During his career with the club, he has played with farm clubs Peli-Karhut and Sudet, and was loaned out to PEPO Lappeenranta and Gnistan in 2023. He has won two Finnish second-tier titles with KTP, in 2022 and 2024.[https://www.kymensanomat.fi/urheilu/6139093 KTP:n Matias Paavola loppukauden lainalla Gnistaniin], Kymen Sanomat, 14 August 2023[https://www.kymensanomat.fi/urheilu/5503466 Kotkalaiset Johannes Laaksonen ja Matias Paavola jatkavat KTP:ssa – "Molemmat olivat Ykkösen kärkipään pelaajia viime kaudella"], Kymen Sanomat, 15 November 2022[https://fcktp.fi/uutiset/7468-matias-paavola-lainasopimuksestaan-lahden-gnistaniin-hyvalla-mielella MATIAS PAAVOLA LAINASOPIMUKSESTAAN - "LÄHDEN GNISTANIIN HYVÄLLÄ MIELELLÄ"], fcktp.fi, 14 August 2023[https://gnistan.fi/2023/08/matias-paavola-vahvistaa-gnistanin-puolustusta/ MATIAS PAAVOLA VAHVISTAA GNISTANIN PUOLUSTUSTA], ifgnistan.fi, 14 August 2023 Paavola was named the Ykkösliiga Player of the Month in August 2024.
Career statistics
{{updated|10 March 2025}}[https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/85702/player/seasons Tulospalvelu Palloliitto Matias Paavola], Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
| 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}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Finnish League Cup and Ykkösliigacup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=9|KTP
|2018 |4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2019
|Ykkönen |17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2020
|Ykkönen |17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2021
|18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2022
|Ykkönen |24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2023
|Veikkausliiga |4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2024
|25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2025
|Veikkausliiga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!109 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 9 | |
| Peli-Karhut (loan)
|2018 |19 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Sudet (loan)
|2019 |Kakkonen |7 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 7 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan=3|Peli-Karhut (loan)
|2020 |Kolmonen |2 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021
|3 | 2 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 3 | 2 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| PEPO (loan)
|2023 |Kakkonen |4 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Gnistan (loan)
|2023 |Ykkönen |4 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 4 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!147 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 13 |
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Honours
KTP
- Ykkösliiga: 2024[https://yle.fi/a/74-20116203 KTP varmisti sarjanousun Veikkausliigaan], Yle, 6 October 2024
- Ykkönen: 2022
- Ykkönen runner-up: 2020
Individual
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|476849}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|matias-paavola}}
{{KTP squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paavola, Matias}}
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Veikkausliiga players
Category:Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
Category:PEPO Lappeenranta players