Petri Oravainen (born 26 January 1983) is a
Finnish former
football
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er, who represented
HJK Helsinki
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and
KuPS
Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium.
KuPS ha ...
in the
Veikkausliiga
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and
FC Zwolle
Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...
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
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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
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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
Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...
in the
Dutch
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Eerste Divisie
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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
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...
. 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
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the home team beat the visitors from
Espoo
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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.
Career statistics
Honours
HJK
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Veikkausliiga
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2002
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2003
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2009
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Finnish Cup
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The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League
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2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
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2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
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2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
References
External links
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Profilea
HJK.fiStatsa
Veikkausliiga.comGuardian Football
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1983 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Men's association football midfielders
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
Kuopion Palloseura players
Veikkausliiga players
PEC Zwolle players
Eerste Divisie players
Finland men's international footballers
Footballers from Helsinki
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Puistolan Urheilijat players
PK-35 Vantaa (men) players