Lassi Hurskainen
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 Hurskainen in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lassi Elias Hurskainen | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Joensuu, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SexyPöxyt | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2000 | Joensuu Ratanat | ||
| 2001–2002 | Joensuun Pallo | ||
| 2003–2005 | Jippo Juniors | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs | 74 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | SC Riverball | 24 | (0) |
| 2007 | Jippo | 19 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | SC Riverball | 38 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Jippo | 30 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | HIFK | 16 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Töölön Taisto | 22 | (0) |
| 2018– | SexyPöxyt | 23 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lassi Elias Hurskainen (born 8 April 1987) is a Finnish TV presenter and footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for UNC Asheville Men's Soccer before graduating from UNC Asheville in Fall of 2011.
After moving back to Finland, Hurskainen played for Jippo in Joensuu during 2013–2014. In 2014 Hurskainen moved to Helsinki and joined HIFK Fotboll (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Helsingfors), a club founded in 1897. The football section was established in 1907, the same year that the Football Association of Finland was founded. During the season 2014 the team won the Finnish Football League First Division and was promoted into the highest tier of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga. At the same time Hurskainen decided to focus more on football trick shot videos that he had already started to produce during his stay in UNC Asheville. Hurskainen plays occasionally as a goalkeeper for an amateur club Gilla FC in exhibition games and in lower divisions. Hurskainen has also played futsal.[1]
For the 2024 Veikkausliiga season, Hurskainen started as a studio host for Ruutu+ broadcasts.[2]
YouTube videos
Hurskainen grew up in Joensuu, Finland and attended the Joensuun Lyseon Lukio (Upper secondary school). In 2007, Hurskainen served in the Finnish Defense Forces.
On 14 February 2011, Hurskainen had with the help of two friends from UNC Asheville created a football trick shot video inspired by various other sports trick shot videos and uploaded it to YouTube. The video's view count grew to an upwards of 3 million over the course of the next couple weeks and months. The video and subsequent videos were featured on ESPN, Good Morning America, and various global local news channels respectively.[3]
Hurskainen has continued producing football trick shot videos after moving back to Finland. He also worked as a producer for a Finnish Sports TV program Elixir[4] hosting the show for over two years (2013–2015). His own YouTube channel has over 30.000 subscribers and with less than 70 videos he has reached over 11 million viewers. His TOP 3 most viewed videos have been:
- Lassi Hurskainen Goalkeeper Tricks,[5] over 4,100,000 views
- Lassi Hurskainen Angry Birds,[6] over 3,500,000 views
- World Record Football Punch | Robert Helenius vs. Lassi Hurskainen,[7] over 3,000,000 views
In 2016 Hurskainen co-founded a new company called Trick&Treat focusing on social videos.[8]
Honours and awards
Individual
- 2008 – UNC Asheville Big South All Freshman Team[9]
- 2008 – Elon University Invitational All Tournament Team in the Elon Classic[10]
- 2009 – Hyatt Place Select Invitational All Tournament Team[11]
- 2009 – UNC Asheville Big South Player of the Week[12]
- 2010 – Finnish Football Association Eastern District's "Football Act of the Year" for goal with SC Riverball[13]
- 2010 – Received most Honors for SC Riverball in nationwide Second Division [14]
- 2010 – Hyatt Place Select Invitiational All Tournament Team[15]
- 2010 – UNC Asheville Big South Second Team All Conference[16]
- 2011 – Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week Honor for games played 26 Sept. – 2 Oct [17]
- 2011 – Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week Honor for games played 3–9 Oct. [18]
- 2011 – Big South Conference All-Tournament Team Selection [19]