Aaro Tiihonen
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Date of birth
17 June 2005
Place of birth
Rovaniemi, Finland
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position
Right back
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 June 2005 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | SalPa | ||||||||||
| Number | 26 | ||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 2023 | → Gnistan (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2023 | → Gnistan II (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2023 | → NJS (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2024 | RoPS | 24 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2025– | SalPa | 21 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Finland U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Finland U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2023 | |||||||||||
Aaro Tiihonen (born 17 June 2005) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for SalPa in Ykkösliiga.[3][4]
Tiihonen started to play football with a local club RoPS in Rovaniemi. At the age of 15, he made his senior debut with the club's reserve team RoPS II in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2020.
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]
