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Petri Oravainen

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1983)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Petri Oravainen

| image = PetriOravainen.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Oravainen with HJK in 2009

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|1|26}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Puistolan Urheilijat

| youthclubs2 = Käpylän Pallo

| years1 = 2001–2006

| years2 = 2006–2008

| years3 = 2008–2009

| years4 = 2010–2012

| years5 = 2012–2013

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = HJK

| clubs2 = Zwolle

| clubs3 = HJK

| clubs4 = KuPS

| clubs5 = PK-35 Vantaa

| clubs6 = PuiU

| caps1 = 98

| caps2 = 24

| caps3 = 35

| caps4 = 47

| caps5 = 25

| caps6 = 35

| goals1 = 18

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 3

| goals6 = 21

| nationalyears1 = 2004

| nationalteam1 = Finland

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 21:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.weblogzwolle.nl/nieuws/5776/oravainen-verlaat-fc-zwolle-voor-hjk-helsinki.html|title=Oravainen verlaat FC Zwolle voor HJK Helsinki|website=WeblogZwolle|date=3 January 2008|language=Dutch}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hjk.fi/seura/historia/|title=HJK Helsinki Historia|website=HJK|language=Finnish|accessdate=10 June 2020}}

Career statistics

{{updated|1 September 2024.}}

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

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|HJK

|2001

|Veikkausliiga

|5

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–50
2002

|Veikkausliiga

|24

4colspan=2|–colspan=2|–1{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup|name=uc}}0254
2003

|Veikkausliiga

|10

110colspan=2|–colspan=2|–111
2004

|Veikkausliiga

|26

7colspan=2|–colspan=2|–4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League|name=ucl}}0307
2005

|Veikkausliiga

|21

4colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–214
2006

|Veikkausliiga

|12

220colspan=2|–2{{efn|name=uc}}0162
colspan=2|Total

!98

2030007010820
rowspan=3|Zwolle

|2006–07

|Eerste Divisie

|12

4colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–124
2007–08

|Eerste Divisie

|12

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–120
colspan=2|Total

!24

4000000244
rowspan=3|HJK

|2008

|Veikkausliiga

|20

421colspan=2|–00225
2009

|Veikkausliiga

|15

010901{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League|name=uel}}0260
colspan=2|Total

!35

4319010485
rowspan=3|KuPS

|2010

|Veikkausliiga

|22

231colspan=2|–colspan=2|–253
2011

|Veikkausliiga

|25

210colspan=2|–2{{efn|name=uel}}0282
colspan=2|Total

!47

4410020535
rowspan=3|PK-35 Vantaa

|2012

|Ykkönen

|15

1colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–151
2013

|Ykkönen

|10

221colspan=2|–colspan=2|–123
colspan=2|Total

!25

3210000274
rowspan=3|Puistolan Urheilijat

|2015

|Kolmonen

|17

12colspan=2|–colspan=2|–2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Regions' Cup|name=urc}}21914
2016

|Kolmonen

|16

9colspan=2|–colspan=2|–2{{efn|name=urc}}41813
colspan=2|Total

!33

210000463727
colspan="3"|Career total

!262

541239014629763

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Honours

HJK{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10404/Petri_Oravainen.html|title=Petri Oravainen|website=National Football Teams|accessdate=10 June 2020}}

References

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External links

  • {{NFT player|pid=10404}}
  • [http://www.hjk.fi/joukkue/?J=1&hae=22 Profile] at [http://www.hjk.fi/ HJK.fi]
  • [http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=1400205 Stats] at [http://www.Veikkausliiga.com/ Veikkausliiga.com]
  • [http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=63201&TEID=1449 Guardian Football]

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Category:1983 births

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Category:Finnish men's footballers

Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players

Category:Kuopion Palloseura players

Category:Veikkausliiga players

Category:PEC Zwolle players

Category:Eerste Divisie players

Category:Finland men's international footballers

Category:Footballers from Helsinki

Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands

Category:Puistolan Urheilijat players

Category:PK-35 Vantaa (men) players