Severi Kähkönen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kokkola, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | 63 | (21) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Finland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2025 | |||
Severi Kähkönen (born 10 March 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Veikkausliiga club FF Jaro.
Career
Born 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
- 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
Jaro
- Ykkösliiga runner-up: 2024
Individual
References
- ^ 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
- Severi Kähkönen at Soccerway
- Severi Kähkönen at WorldFootball.net