Niklas Jokelainen
Midfielder · AC Oulu · №14
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Vaasan Palloseura
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
AC Oulu
SJK Seinajoki
Veikkausliiga
|
0:0 | |
FF Jaro
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
AC Oulu
Inter Turku
Veikkausliiga
|
2:3 | |
AC Oulu
HJK Helsinki
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
AC Oulu
Ilves
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
AC Oulu
IF Gnistan
Veikkausliiga
|
0:2 | |
Turku PS
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
3:0 | |
|
Vaasan Palloseura
AC Oulu
Veikkausliiga
|
5:1 | |
AC Oulu
IFK Mariehamn
Veikkausliiga
|
2:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 13 |
About the player
Jokelainen came through the Tervarit academy in Oulu and made his senior debut for AC Oulu in 2015, aged just 15, while the club was playing in the Ykkönen. A year later he left for England, joining Stoke City's academy on a free transfer, but he made no senior appearances there and returned to Finland in 2017 to sign with Ilves. A loan spell at JJK brought six Ykkönen appearances before he moved on permanently to RoPS in November 2018, where he made 20 Veikkausliiga appearances and scored twice the following season.
He went back to AC Oulu in December 2019, and the following year the club won the Ykkönen title to secure promotion to the Veikkausliiga, with Jokelainen scoring five goals in 21 league matches along the way. A brief loan to OLS in 2022 added a single Kakkonen appearance to his record. At international level, he worked his way through Finland's youth ranks, from the U17s through to the U21s, without yet making his senior debut.
Individually, his recent form was recognised when he was named Player of the Year for the Northern Region by the Football Association of Finland for the 2024 season.
Career path
- 2016 — 2026 — now AC Oulu 208 matches
- 2022 Oulun Luistinseura 1 match
- 2019 Rovaniemen Palloseura 25 matches
- 2019 Rovaniemen Palloseura II 6 matches
- 2018 Ilves Tampere 20 matches
- 2018 JJK Jyväskylä 6 matches
- 2016 AC Oulu U19 1 match
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 635 |
| 2026 | AC Oulu | Liigacup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 168 |
| 2026 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 2026 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 673 |
| 2025 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 6 | 0 | 4 | 410 |
| 2025 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 5 | 1 | 0 | 446 |
| 2025 | AC Oulu | Liigacup | 5 | 2 | 2 | 375 |
| 2024 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 281 |
| 2024 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 316 |
| 2024 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 308 |
| 2024 | AC Oulu | Liigacup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 349 |
| 2023 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 201 |
| 2023 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 5 | 2 | 1 | 400 |
| 2023 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 5 | 0 | 2 | 375 |
| 2023 | AC Oulu | Liigacup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 334 |
| 2023 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 3 | 0 | 944 |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 5 | 1 | 0 | 303 |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Europa Play-off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | Liigacup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| 2022 | Oulun Luistinseura | Kakkonen - Group C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 2 | 920 |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | Relegation Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 2020 | AC Oulu | Ykkösliiga | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 818 |
| 2020 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 435 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 0 | 716 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 5 | 3 | 0 | 405 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | Kakkonen - Group C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 348 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura II | Kakkonen Play-off | 1 | 2 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | 0 | 564 |
| 2018 | JJK Jyväskylä | Ykkösliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 488 |
| 2018 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 111 |
| 2016 | AC Oulu | Ykkösliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | AC Oulu U19 | A-pojat SM-sarja Qualification | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 2016 | AC Oulu | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Transfers
Transfers- 19/20 RoPS AC Oulu
- 18/19 Ilves RoPS
- 17/18 Stoke U18 Ilves
- 16/17 AC Oulu Stoke U18
- 14/15 Tervarit Youth AC Oulu
