Sebastian_Rajalakso
Sebastian Rajalakso
Swedish footballer
Per Johan Sebastian Rajalakso (born 23 September 1988) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nordic United FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Per Johan Sebastian Rajalakso | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-09-23) 23 September 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Enköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nordic United FC | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1999 | Fanna BK | ||
| 2000–2006 | Enköpings SK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Enköpings SK | 29 | (8) |
| 2008–2013 | Djurgårdens IF | 127 | (18) |
| 2013 | → Syrianska FC (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2014 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 7 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Jagiellonia II Białystok (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | GIF Sundsvall | 80 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Syrianska FC | 55 | (8) |
| 2020 | Fanna BK | 0 | (0) |
| 2020- | Nordic United FC | 71 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Sweden U21 | 9 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 May 2014 | |||
Rajalakso joined Djurgårdens IF in the beginning of 2008 from Enköpings SK. He made his debut against IFK Norrköping on March 30, 2008, scoring the 2-0 goal. During his time at Djurgården, he has usually been employed as a left winger in a 4-4-2 formation, but he has also been used as a central attacker in a 4-3-3 system.[1]
He started the 2008 season by scoring in the first five games in the Swedish first league.[2]
In early 2009, Rajalakso was called up to the Swedish U21 squad, taking part in two games against Belgium.
In 2014 Rajalakso played in Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.[3]
Rajalakso was born in Sweden to a Finnish father and Swedish mother.[4][5] He is the older brother of fellow footballer Joel Rajalakso.[6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2007 | Enköping | Superettan | 29 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 8 | ||
| 2008 | Djurgården | Allsvenskan | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2010 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2012 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | Syrianska FC (loan) | Allsvenskan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | Sweden | 169 | 27 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 175 | 27 | ||
| 2013–14 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Jagiellonia II Białystok | III Liga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | Poland | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 181 | 28 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 187 | 28 | |||
- "IFK Norrköping FK 1-2 Djurgården" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- Jansson, Magnus (2008-12-15). "Läsarnas upplänning: Sebastian Rajalakso" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- "Officiellt: Sebastian Rajalakso w Jagiellonii" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- "Chatten med Rajalakso - lovar premiärmål: "Det garanterar jag"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- Männikkö, Taneli (18 May 2008). "Sebastian Rajalakso - jalkapallotähti". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- "Joel Rajalakso är klar för FC Stockholm!". FC Stockholm Internazionale. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- Sebastian Rajalakso at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Sebastian Rajalakso at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)