Joel Iljits Perovuo (born 11 August 1985) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently an assistant coach of Honka. Besides Finland, he also played in Sweden and Poland.

Career

Perovuo began his career with Espoon PS in the youth side, before moving to

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. He gradually became an important player in the Honka team. In December 2009,

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announced that Perovuo had signed with the Swedish team. On 12 August 2011 it was announced that Perovuo had signed for the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, for years. He made his debut for HJK on 18 August as he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 home victory over

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in the

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playoff-round. In 2015, Perovuo returned to

after the team was relegated to

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due to financial problems.

International career

On 11 October 2009, Perovuo was called up by the Finland national team. He made his first appearance for Finland at senior level in a 0–2 friendly loss against

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on 18 January 2010. He was in the starting line-up, but was replaced by

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in the 84th minute.

Career statistics

Honours

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References

External links

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Veikkausliiga Profile

Stats at Guardian Football
1985 births Living people Footballers from Helsinki Men's association football midfielders Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's international footballers Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Allsvenskan players Ekstraklasa players III liga players FC Honka players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Jagiellonia Białystok players IF Gnistan players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Poland {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub