Markus Halsti
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Markus Olof Halsti | |
| birthday | March 19, 1984 | |
| place of birth | Helsinki , Finland | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | Midfielder , central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| FC Viikingit | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2007 | HJK Helsinki | 77 (3) |
| 2008 | GAIS | 0 (0) |
| 2008-2014 | Malmö FF | 114 (6) |
| 2015-2016 | DC United | 14 (0) |
| 2016-2018 | FC Midtjylland | 13 (0) |
| 2018– | Esbjerg fB | 7 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| Finland U-21 | ||
| 2008– | Finland | 27 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of August 31, 2018 2 As of August 20, 2016 |
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Markus Olof Halsti (born March 19, 1984 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish football player .
The defensive player, who made his debut for the Finnish national team in 2008, won the championship title in Finland and Sweden.
Career
Start of career in home country
Markus Halsti started his career in his hometown Helsinki with FC Viikingit from the Vuosaari district . From 2003 Halsti was under contract with the Finnish record champions HJK Helsinki . In the 2003 season he made his debut in the Veikkausliiga at the age of 19 . By the end of the season he came to further appearances in the league and cup. With the HJK he was able to celebrate the double of championship and cup victory in his first season as a professional . In the following seasons Halsti was able to play regularly in the team under English coach Keith Armstrong . For a possible regular place, however, Halsti was out of the question until he left Helsinki at the end of the 2007 season . Most league appearances in the 2006 season when he completed 21 out of a possible 30, at the same time Halsti was able to win the cup in 2006 with the capital club for the second time since 2003. Also due to injuries, he came to a total of 77 league games in five years in which he was able to score three goals.
Moved to Sweden and made his national team debut
In December 2007 he signed a contract with the Swedish club GAIS Göteborg after a tip from the then Finnish national coach Roy Hodgson . Even before Markus Halsti had played a competitive game, he signed a contract with Sweden's most successful football club, Malmö FF . After playing for the Finnish national team before, his good performances, which had also led to his move abroad, were linked to his debut for the Finnish national team . On February 6, 2008 he ran against Greece for the first time in the national jersey.
After 15 and 10 league games, which Halsti played for the new club in his first two seasons, he was seriously injured in the 2010 season and missed almost the entire season. He was only accrued in seven games of the season when the team won the championship. Even in the episode he did not prevail at first, but was part of the extended national team. Four years after his debut, he took part in the selection at the Baltic Cup 2012 in Estonia; Finland lost in the final in the decisive penalty shoot-out against Latvia .
From the 2013 season Halsti fought for a regular place at his club. He made 28 appearances under coach Rikard Norling when the team won the championship again. In the following season he was one of the top performers under new coach Åge Hareide , when the club defended their title in the Swedish championship and qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history . There he missed a winter in the European Cup at the side of Emil Forsberg , Markus Rosenberg , Anton Tinnerholm and Isaac Kiese Thelin as bottom of the table. In January, the club announced that an agreement could not be reached to extend the expiring contract, and that they parted ways.
Change to the USA
On January 12, 2015 it was announced that Halsti was moving to DC United in Major League Soccer . In 2016 he moved to FC Midtjylland in the Danish Super League .
successes
with the HJK Helsinki:
with Malmö FF:
- Swedish Supercup : 2013, 2014
- Swedish champion : 2010 , 2013 , 2014
Web links
- Player profile at Malmö FF
- Markus Halsti in the soccerway.com database
- Markus Halsti in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Halsti Puolustajat. palloliitto.fi, accessed April 18, 2014 (Finnish).
- ↑ Finsk sisu i backlinjen. (No longer available online.) Gais.se, December 15, 2007, archived from the original on May 30, 2008 ; Retrieved April 18, 2014 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MFF värvar finsk landslagsback. sydsvenskan.se, April 3, 2008, accessed April 18, 2014 (Swedish).
- ↑ Balti turniiri esikoha võitis Läti. jalgpall.ee, accessed April 18, 2014 (Estonian).
- ↑ Tack för den här tiden, Markus Halsti. (No longer available online.) January 12, 2015, archived from the original on January 12, 2015 ; Retrieved January 12, 2014 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ DC United acquires Markus Halsti . In: dcunited.com . DC United. January 12, 2015. Accessed February 3, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Halsti, Markus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halsti, Markus Olof (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |