Urho Nissilä

Urho Nissilä (born 4 April 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KuPS, on loan from Zulte Waregem.[1][2] He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[3]

Urho Nissilä
Personal information
Full name Urho Nissilä
Date of birth (1996-04-04) 4 April 1996
Place of birth Kuopio, Finland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 KuPS
(on loan from Zulte Waregem)
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2015 KuPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 KuPS 89 (14)
2018– Zulte Waregem 2 (1)
2019–2020 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 8 (0)
2020– → KuPS (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2011 Finland U15 1 (0)
2015 Finland U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Nissilä began his senior club career playing for KuPS, before signing with Zulte Waregem in 2018.[4] He returned to KuPS on loan in February 2020.[5]

References
  1. Urho Nissilä at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "OFFICIEEL: Zulte Waregem haalt nieuwe spelmaker in huis" (in Dutch). Voetbalnieuws.be. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. "Keskikenttämaestro Urho Nissilä valittiin U21-maajoukkueeseen" [Midfielder Urho Nissilä was selected for the U21 national team] (in Finnish). KuPS. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. "KuPS-kasvatti Urho Nissilä siirtyy Belgian pääsarjaan" [KuPS bred Urho Nissilä joins the Belgian League] (in Finnish). KuPS. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. "Tähtipelaaja Urho Nissilä palaa Kuopion Palloseuran riveihin". www.kups.fi.
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