Nikolas Talo
Defender · Turku PS · №24
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Turku PS
SJK Seinajoki
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
IF Gnistan
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:1 | |
Turku PS
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
Vaasan Palloseura
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:3 | |
KuPS
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:1 | |
Turku PS
IFK Mariehamn
Veikkausliiga
|
3:0 | |
HJK Helsinki
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
Turku PS
Ilves
Veikkausliiga
|
1:3 | |
FC Lahti
Turku PS
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
|
Turku PS
KuPS
Veikkausliiga
|
1:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 14 |
About the player
Nikolas Talo left Turku for the Netherlands as a teenager, joining the FC Groningen academy in 2019 after being named best player at the Kai Pahlman Tournament with his hometown club TPS — the performance that had caught the Dutch club's eye in the first place. He returned to Finland to start his professional career.
He made his senior debut for KTP in July 2023 on a free transfer, then signed for FC Haka that December, also without a fee changing hands. His time at Haka included a loan spell in Sweden with GIF Sundsvall in the second half of 2025, before he returned to Finland in January 2026 to rejoin TPS, the club where he had started out.
Talo plays as a left-footed defender, comfortable at both left-back and centre-back. He has represented Finland at youth level from U16 through U21, gathering 17 caps, though he has not yet been called up to the senior national team. Back at TPS for the 2026 Veikkausliiga season, he has added two assists to his game and held an average FotMob rating of 6.76.
Career path
- 2026 — now Turun Palloseura 20 matches
- 2025 GIF Sundsvall 6 matches
- 2024 — 2025 haka 48 matches
- 2021 — 2023 Groningen U21 42 matches
- 2023 FC KTP 5 matches
- 2021 — 2022 FC Groningen U18 9 matches
- 2020 FC Groningen U17 10 matches
- 2020 FC Groningen U19 5 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/23 | Groningen U21 | U21 Division 1 Fall | 14 | 0 | 2 | 771 |
| 22/23 | Groningen U21 | U21 Division 1 Spring | 11 | 0 | 0 | 746 |
| 21/22 | Groningen U21 | U21 Division 1 Fall | 8 | 0 | 0 | 508 |
| 21/22 | Groningen U21 | U21 Division 1 Spring | 7 | 0 | 0 | 600 |
| 21/22 | FC Groningen U18 | U18 Division 2 Fall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 516 |
| 21/22 | FC Groningen U18 | U18 Division 2 Spring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2026 | Turun Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 2 | 628 |
| 2026 | Turun Palloseura | Liigacup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 334 |
| 2026 | Turun Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| 2025 | GIF Sundsvall | Superettan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 408 |
| 2025 | haka | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 495 |
| 2025 | haka | Liigacup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2025 | haka | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
| 2024 | haka | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 410 |
| 2024 | haka | Suomen Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 500 |
| 2024 | haka | Liigacup | 5 | 0 | 1 | 450 |
| 2024 | haka | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| 2024 | haka | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 4 | 0 | 0 | 315 |
| 2023 | FC KTP | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| 2023 | FC KTP | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| 20/21 | FC Groningen U18 | U18 Division 2 Fall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 20/21 | Groningen U21 | U21 Division 1 Fall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| 19/20 | FC Groningen U17 | U17 Division 1 Fall | 10 | 0 | 0 | 840 |
| 19/20 | FC Groningen U19 | U19 Division 1 Spring | 3 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
| 19/20 | FC Groningen U19 | U19 Cup Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Total | haka | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 820 | |
| Total | Groningen U21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 731 | |
| Total | Turun Palloseura | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 127 | |
| Total | FC Groningen U17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 840 | |
| Total | FC Groningen U18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 786 | |
| Total | Finland U16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 473 | |
| Total | GIF Sundsvall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 408 | |
| Total | FC KTP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 415 | |
| Total | FC Groningen U19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 322 | |
| Total | Finland U17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 | |
| Total | Finland U19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 235 | |
| Total | Finland U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 haka TPS
- 25/26 GIF Sundsvall haka
- 25/26 haka GIF Sundsvall
- 23/24 FC KTP haka
- 23/24 Groningen U21 FC KTP
- 21/22 Groningen U18 Groningen U21
- 20/21 Groningen U17 Groningen U18
- 19/20 TPS U19 Groningen U17 €50.00K
