Anselmi Nurmela
Finnish footballer (born 1996)
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Anselmi Mikael Nurmela (born 22 November 1996) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for OLS.[2][3]
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Nurmela with AC Oulu in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anselmi Mikael Nurmela[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Emmen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OLS | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | OLS | ||
| 2012 | Tervarit | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Oulu | 69 | (5) |
| 2017 | RoPS | 29 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Flora | 25 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | AC Oulu | 48 | (2) |
| 2022 | Hødd | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | Hødd 2 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022 | Hønefoss | 9 | (1) |
| 2024– | OLS | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Finland U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2014 | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Finland U21 | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 October 2018 | |||
Club career
In 2016 Nurmela played 22 games for AC Oulu in the Finnish 1st Division Ykkönen before joining top division Veikkausliiga outfit Rovaniemen Palloseura.[4] In 2017, Nurmela made 24 starts and five substitute appearances in the Finnish top division.[5] In February 2018, Nurmela joined FC Flora in Estonia.[6] With Flora Nurmela won the 2019 Estonian league title[7] making 18 appearances and scoring two goals.[8]
International career
On 24 March 2017, he made his debut with the Finland national under-21 football team in a friendly against Netherlands.[9]
Personal life
He is the son of former Finnish international Mika Nurmela.
Career statistics
- As of 8 October 2024.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AC Oulu | 2013 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Ykkönen | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2015 | Ykkönen | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Ykkönen | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | 69 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6 | ||
| OLS | 2016 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| RoPS | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | |
| Flora Tallinn | 2018 | Meistriliiga | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Meistriliiga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| Total | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Flora II | 2018 | Esiliiga | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Esiliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | |
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Hødd | 2022 | 2. divisjon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Hødd 2 | 2022 | 3. divisjon | 4 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Hønefoss | 2022 | 3. divisjon | 9 | 1 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| OLS | 2024 | Ykkönen | 18 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 220 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 13 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup, Estonian Cup and Norwegian Football Cup