Sebastian Strandvall
 Strandvall with VPS in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastian Gösta Alexander Strandvall | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | VIFK | 74 | (19) |
| 2007–2010 | Haka | 56 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | IFK Mariehamn | 48 | (9) |
| 2012–2015 | VPS | 88 | (14) |
| 2015 | Austria Lustenau | 10 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Rah Ahan Tehran | 10 | (1) |
| 2016–2023 | VPS | 170 | (38) |
| 2019 | VPS II | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 457 | (92) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Finland B | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Finland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sebastian Strandvall (born 16 September 1986) is a Finnish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. A former senior international for Finland,[2] he was best known for representing VPS, but also played in Iranian Persian Gulf Pro League and Austria.[3]
His brother Matias Strandvall is a cross-country skier at World Cup level.
Career[edit]
Strandvall left VPS at the end of the 2023 season and retired from playing, along with former VPS teammate Steven Morrissey.[4] Strandvall has made 317 appearances in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga, scoring 56 goals.
Outside football[edit]
In 2023, Strandvall made many efforts to prevent the execution of his Iranian friend teammate in Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. team, Amir Reza Nasr Azadani who was part of Mahsa Amini protests.[5]
Honours[edit]
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: May 2009[6]
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018[7]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 15 May 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VIFK | 2003 | Kakkonen | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Kakkonen | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Ykkönen | |||||||||||
| Total | 74 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 19 | ||
| Haka | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 31 | 7 | ||
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 10 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 34 | 8 | ||
| Total | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 | ||
| VPS | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | |
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 42 | 5 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2[d] | 1 | 40 | 12 | |
| Total | 87 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 114 | 20 | ||
| Austria Lustenau | 2014–15 | Austrian 2. Liga | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Rah Ahan | 2015–16 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| VPS | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 3[d] | 1 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 11 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 10 | |||
| 2021 | Ykkönen | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 7 | |||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | ||
| Total | 170 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 202 | 45 | ||
| Career total | 457 | 92 | 38 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 533 | 106 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Iranian Hazfi Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League
International[edit]
- As of match played 21 March 2024
| Finland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References[edit]
- ^ Mina vänner 2011: Sebastian Strandvall
- ^ Player's profile, eu-football.info
- ^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Sebastian Strandvall palloliitto.fi
- ^ "VPS heitti jäähyväiset yhdeksälle viime kauden pelaajalle" [VPS bid farewell to nine players from last season]. PalloTV (in Finnish). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "همبازی ۶ سال پیش نصرآزادانی پیگیر فوتبالیست در آستانه اعدام". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Toukokuun Kuukauden joukkue nimetty Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ "Jalkapallotoimittajat nimesivät oman tähdistöjoukkueen". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
External links[edit]
- Sebastian Strandvall at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Sportspeople from Vaasa
- Finnish men's footballers
- Footballers from Ostrobothnia (region)
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finland men's B international footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- 2. Liga (Austria) players
- Persian Gulf Pro League players
- Vasa IFK players
- FC Haka players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iran