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Aaro Tiihonen

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Aaro Tiihonen
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-06-17) 17 June 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
RoPS
Youth career
–2020 RoPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 RoPS II 7 (1)
2022 RoPS 18 (1)
2023 AC Oulu 0 (0)
2023Gnistan (loan) 7 (0)
2023Gnistan II (loan) 1 (0)
2023NJS (loan) 6 (0)
2024– RoPS 0 (0)
International career
2019 Finland U15 1 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U17 7 (0)
2022–2023 Finland U18 4 (0)
Medal record
Finland U18
First place Baltic Cup 2023[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2023

Aaro Tiihonen (born 17 June 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for RoPS in Ykkönen.[3][4]

Career

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Tiihonen started to play football with a local club RoPS in Rovaniemi. He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team RoPS II in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2020, at the age of 15.

On 18 January 2023, it was announced by the Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu that they had acquired Tiihonen on a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.[5][6] Immediately thereafter he was sent on loan to Ykkönen side IF Gnistan for the 2023 season.[7][8] On 12 March 2024, the club announced the termination of his contract.[9]

International career

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Tiihonen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[10]

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