Joel Mero

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Joel Mero
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Turku, Finland[2]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–2011 Reipas Lahti
2013–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lahti 26 (2)
2013–2017 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 11 (0)
2015 → KTP (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2019 SJK 48 (2)
2020 HIFK 12 (0)
International career
2010–2011 Finland U16 13 (0)
2011–2012 Finland U17 6 (0)
2012 Finland U18 6 (0)
2013 Finland U19 4 (0)
2014 Finland U20 3 (0)
2015 Finland U21 6 (2)
Medal record
FC Lahti
First place Finnish League Cup 2013
Borussia Mönchengladbach II
First place Regionalliga West 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joel Mero (born 7 February 1995), is a Finnish former professional football defender. He has represented the Finland national under-21 football team.[4] Mero was born in Turku, Finland. Mero began his senior club career playing for FC Lahti, before signing with Borussia Mönchengladbach at age 18 in 2013.

Club career

FC Lahti

Mero made his Veikkausliiga debut in June 2012 in a match against Haka. During seasons 2012 and 2013 he made 26 appearances for FC Lahti and scored two goals.

Borussia Monchengladbach II

On 22 April 2013, it was announced that Borussia Mönchengladbach had signed Mero on a four-year contract, with the young Finn joining the club during the summer 2013.[5]

SJK Seinäjoki

SJK Seinäjoki published on 3 July 2017 that it had signed Mero.[6]

International career

Mero was a regular in the Finland national under-21 football team and has a total of 32 caps in international junior matches.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2016[7]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Lahti 2012 Veikkausliiga 18 2 1 0 0 0 19 2
2013 Veikkausliiga 8 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
Total 26 2 6 0 0 0 32 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2013-14 Regionalliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2014-15 Regionalliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2015-16 Regionalliga 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2016-17 Regionalliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
KTP (loan) 2015 Veikkausliiga 4 0 – – 4 0
SJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 11 2 1 0 – 12 2
2018 Veikkausliiga 25 0 4 0 – 29 0
2019 Veikkausliiga 12 0 4 0 – 16 0
Total 48 2 9 0 0 0 57 2
SJK Akatemia 2019 Kakkonen 5 1 – – 5 1
HIFK 2020 Veikkausliiga 12 0 3 0 – 15 0
Career Total 106 5 18 0 0 0 124 5

Honours and achievements

Club

FC Lahti
Borussia Mönchengladbach II

References

  1. ^ "Joel Mero Defender". soccerbase.com. SOCCERBASE. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ Veikkausliiga - Hall Of Fame Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Joel Mero profil". tablesleague.com. TablesLeague. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Mero Joel" (in Finnish). Palloliitto. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Joel Mero siirtyy Borussia Mönchengladbachiin" [Mero signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach] (in Finnish). fclahti.fi. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ^ "SJK teki kolme uutta pelaajasopimusta – Joel Mero palaa Suomeen Bundesliigasta" (in Finnish). YLE Urheilu. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Joel Mero". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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