Severi Kähkönen (born 10 March 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Veikkausliiga club FF Jaro.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kokkola, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jaro | ||
| Number | 66 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | KPV | ||
| 2015–2018 | Jaro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Jaro | 44 | (13) |
| 2017–2020 | JBK | 11 | (3) |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | → OLS | 2 | (2) |
| 2021 | → KPV (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2022– | Jaro | 81 | (26) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 November 2025 | |||
Career
editBorn in Kokkola, Kähkönen played in the youth sectors of Kokkolan Palloveikot (KPV) and Jaro. He started his senior career with Jakobstads BK in third-tier Kakkonen and played also for Jaro in second-tier Ykkönen.
For the 2021 season, he joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.[1] However, he was loaned out to KPV in August 2021.[2]
In January 2022, he returned to Pietarsaari and signed a two-year deal with Jaro in Finnish second-tier.[3][4][5][6] They were promoted to Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2024 Ykkösliiga season. On 2 May 2025, Kähkönen scored his first Veikkausliiga goal for Jaro, the winning goal in a 1–0 away win against Haka at the Tehtaan kenttä stadium.
Career statistics
edit- As of 5 May 2025[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jaro | 2016 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Ykkönen | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | 26 | 9 | ||
| Total | 44 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14 | ||
| Jakobstads BK | 2017 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 4 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| OLS (loan) | 2021 | Kakkonen | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| KPV (loan) | 2021 | Ykkönen | 11 | 3 | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||
| Jaro | 2022 | Ykkönen | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 11 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 82 | 30 | ||
| Jakobstads BK | 2023 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jaro U23 | 2023 | Kolmonen | 2 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 144 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 179 | 53 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Ykköscup, Ykkösliigacup and Finnish League Cup
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ SEVERI KÄHKÖNEN SIIRTYY AC OULUUN FF JAROSTA, acoulu.fi, 24 November 2020
- ↑ SEVERI KÄHKÖNEN LAINALLE KOKKOLAAN, acoulu.fi, 13 August 2021
- ↑ Severi Kähkönen palaa Pietarsaaren Jaroon kaksivuotisella sopimuksella, Keski-Pohjanmaa, 2 January 2022
- ↑ Tasuri ei maistunut Jarolle - ”Tulos ei tyydytä, kun kahdesti johdimme”, sanoi pitkästä aikaa täydet minuutit pelannut Severi Kähkönen, Keskipohjanmaa, 2 September 2023
- ↑ SEVERI KÄHKÖNEN TEKEE VÄHITELLEN PALUUTA PELIKENTILLE, ffjaro.fi, 13 March 2023
- ↑ Mål direkt när Severi Kähkönen gjorde comeback: "Jag bestämde mig för att dra till", Vasabladet, 26 July 2023
- ↑ Severi Kähkönen, Football Association of Finland
- ↑ Severi Kähkönen miesten Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 10 September 2020
External links
edit- Severi Kähkönen at Soccerway
- Severi Kähkönen at WorldFootball.net