Joonas Kekarainen
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| Date of birth | 3 May 2005 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2012–2022 | KäPa | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | KäPa | 51 | (8) | ||||||||
| 2024– | Inter Turku II | 9 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2024– | Inter Turku | 46 | (5) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U17 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Finland U18 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 October 2023 | |||||||||||
Joonas Kekarainen (born 3 May 2005) is a Finnish professional football midfielder for Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku and the Finland U19 national team.[2]
Käpylän Pallo
Kekarainen is a product of the renowned Käpylän Pallo youth academy.
He made his senior debut with the club in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2022. In the end of the season, KäPa gained a promotion to the second-tier Ykkönen, and Kekarainen stayed with the team.[3][4] After the 2023 Ykkönen season, KäPa announced that Kekarainen would depart the club,[5] after having represented KäPa for over 10 years.
Inter Turku
On 1 November 2023, FC Inter Turku in Veikkausliiga announced that they had signed with Kekarainen on a two-year deal, with an option for an additional year.[6][7] He debuted with his new club on 27 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup win against FC Lahti.[8] Kekarainen scored his first league goal on 27 May 2024, in a 3–1 away loss against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).
International career
A regular Finnish youth international, Kekarainen has represented Finland at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth national team levels.[9]
Kekarainen was part of the Finland U18 squad winning the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in June 2023.[10]
In October 2023, Kekarainen was part of the Finland U19 squad in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification tournament, in three games against Romania, Czech Republic and San Marino.[11]