Aleksi Heino (born 25 July 2004) is a Finnish professional

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currently playing as a

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for

SJK Akatemia SJK Akatemia (also referred to as SJK II, formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from Seinäjoki in Finland. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the OmaSP Stadion. SJK Akatemia is the reserve team of Seinäjoen ...

Club career

Born in

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, Heino began his career in the youth team of Turun Nappulaliiga, later continued in the academies of

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, before trialling with German side

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and English side Chelsea in 2020. He signed with the latter in September of the same year. After a season with Chelsea, in which he only appeared once for the under-18 side, he moved to Germany to join VfL Wolfsburg. However, he also failed to settle in Germany, again notching only one appearance for Wolfsburg's youth side, before a return to Finland with SJK in August 2022. He scored his first goal for SJK's reserve team, SJK Akatemia, in a 4–3 loss to PK-35 in the 2022 Ykkönen relegation group.

International career

Heino has represented Finland at under-15 and under-18 level.

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heino, Aleksi 2004 births Living people Footballers from Turku Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Ykkönen players Turun Palloseura footballers FC Inter Turku players Chelsea F.C. players VfL Wolfsburg players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players SJK Akatemia players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany