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Anselmi Nurmela

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Anselmi Nurmela
Personal information
Full name Anselmi Mikael Nurmela[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Emmen, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
OLS
Youth career
–2011 OLS
2012 Tervarit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Oulu 69 (5)
2017 RoPS 29 (1)
2018–2020 Flora 25 (2)
2020–2021 AC Oulu 48 (2)
2022 Hødd 5 (0)
2022 Hødd 2 4 (1)
2022 Hønefoss 9 (1)
2024– OLS 18 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Finland U18 6 (1)
2014 Finland U19 4 (0)
2016 Finland U20 1 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Anselmi Mikael Nurmela (born 22 November 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for OLS.[2][3]

Club career

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In 2016 Nurmela played 22 games for AC Oulu in the Finnish 1st Division Ykkönen before joining top division Veikkausliiga outfit Rovaniemen Palloseura.[4] In 2017, Nurmela made 24 starts and five substitute appearances in the Finnish top division.[5] In February 2018, Nurmela joined FC Flora in Estonia.[6] With Flora Nurmela won the 2019 Estonian league title[7] making 18 appearances and scoring two goals.[8]

International career

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On 24 March 2017, he made his debut with the Finland national under-21 football team in a friendly against Netherlands.[9]

Personal life

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He is the son of former Finnish international Mika Nurmela.

Career statistics

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As of 8 October 2024.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AC Oulu 2013 Ykkönen 3 0 3 0
2014 Ykkönen 25 3 2 1 27 4
2015 Ykkönen 19 0 3 0 22 0
2016 Ykkönen 22 2 1 0 23 2
Total 69 5 6 1 0 0 75 6
OLS 2016 Kolmonen 1 0 1 0
RoPS 2017 Veikkausliiga 29 1 5 0 34 1
Flora Tallinn 2018 Meistriliiga 11 0 6 0 17 0
2019 Meistriliiga 14 2 3 0 0 0 17 2
Total 25 2 9 0 0 0 34 2
Flora II 2018 Esiliiga 11 0 11 0
2019 Esiliiga 1 0 1 0
Total 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
AC Oulu 2020 Ykkönen 21 2 5 0 26 2
2021 Veikkausliiga 27 0 3 0 30 0
Total 48 2 8 0 0 0 56 2
Hødd 2022 2. divisjon 5 0 2 0 7 0
Hødd 2 2022 3. divisjon 4 1 4 1
Hønefoss 2022 3. divisjon 9 1 9 1
OLS 2024 Ykkönen 18 0 18 0
Career total 220 12 30 1 0 0 250 13

Honours

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AC Oulu

Flora

References

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  1. ^ Anselmi Nurmela at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Anselmi Nurmela at Soccerway
  3. ^ Anselmi Nurmela tekee paluun kentille - sopimus AC Oulun kanssa, Veikkausliiga, 28 November 2023
  4. ^ "RoPS signs a 1-year contract with Anselmi Nurmela". Football Finland. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ^ London, Danny Lewis (18 November 2017). "Veikkausliiga U-22 Young Players' Team of the Season 2017: Talent Radar". Outside of the Boot. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Jalkapallo vei oululaisen Anselmi Nurmelan etelänaapuriin – "Tallinna on upea kaupunki"". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Premium liiga".
  8. ^ "Mängija".
  9. ^ "Pikkuhuuhkajille kahden maalin tappio" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ Anselmi Nurmela stats, Football Association of Finland