Ilmari Niskanen

Exeter City

Born on : October 27, 1997 (27 years) at Kiuruvesi

Nationality : Finland

Height : 1m77

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 23 (1 goal)

First cap : vs Wales 03/09/2020

First international goal : vs Poland 07/10/2020

2021-2022
2021-2022
2020-2021

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Current season statistics (2024/2025)

50% Impacting goals 2 Goals

0% Impacting assists 2 Assists

48 Played matches 3541 Minutes played

8 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Offensive Midfielder	24%

Niskanen's career statisticsLast updated on 15/05/2025 at 05:28

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Presence

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

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goals

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2024/2025

Exeter City

1546

1771

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Exeter City	Sky Bet League One	40	2	1	1546	51	10	3092	14	88%	6	87%	8	33%	20%	48%
Exeter City	Carabao Cup	1				1		90	14	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Exeter City	Emirates FA Cup	3		1		5	1	287	14	100%	1	75%		67%	33%	0%
Exeter City	EFL Trophy	1						12	14	0%	1	25%		0%	0%	100%
Finland	Nations League B	3				2		60	22	0%	4	50%		0%	0%	100%

2023/2024

Exeter City

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Exeter City	Sky Bet League One	33	4	33	9	2487	14	82%	6	75%	3	42%	24%	33%
Exeter City	Carabao Cup	1				45	14	100%		33%		0%	100%	0%
Exeter City	EFL Trophy	1			1	45	14	0%	1	33%		100%	0%	0%
Finland	Euro Qualifying	3			1	105	21	67%	1	43%		33%	0%	67%
Finland	Friendlies	3		7		270	22	100%		100%		33%	33%	33%

2023/2024

Dundee United

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Dundee U	Viaplay Cup	1						1	27	7	0%	1	25%			100%	0%	0%

2022/2023

Dundee United

872

1186

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Dundee U	cinch Premiership	20	1	872	17	2	872	7	40%	30	53%	4	20%	15%	65%
Dundee U	Europa Conference League	2			1	1	57	7	0%	2	100%		50%	0%	50%
Dundee U	Premier Sports Cup							7		1	0%
Dundee U	Scottish FA Cup	2			1	1	73	7	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Finland	Nations League B	1					3	8	0%	2	50%		0%	100%	0%
Finland	Friendlies	2			1		91	0	50%	1	100%		0%	100%	0%
Finland	Euro Qualifying	1				1	90	21	100%	1	25%	1	100%	0%	0%

2021/2022

Dundee United

2245

2735

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Dundee U	Scottish Premiership	33	1	4	2245	31	9	2245	7	76%	8	92%	3	30%	36%	33%
Dundee U	Premier Sports Cup								7		1	0%
Dundee U	Scottish FA Cup	3				3	1	235	7	67%	1	100%	1	67%	0%	33%
Finland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1						13	11	0%	4	17%		0%	0%	100%
Finland	Friendlies	1		1		1		72	13	100%	1	50%		0%	100%	0%
Finland	Nations League B	2				3	1	170	22	100%	1	50%		50%	0%	50%

2021/2022

Ingolstadt

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ingolstadt	2. Bundesliga									22		3	0%
Ingolstadt	DFB-Pokal	1							2	22	0%	1	100%			100%	0%	0%

2020/2021

Ingolstadt

244

1089

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Ingolstadt	3. Liga	20			5	8	845	0	45%	13	53%	2	55%	30%	15%
Finland	Friendlies	2	1	111	2	1	111	14	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Finland	Nations League B	3				2	133	21	33%	3	75%		100%	0%	0%

2020

KuPS

182

231

Club	Competition													V	D	L
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	13	6	2	182	12	5	1091	11	92%	1	93%		62%	31%	8%
KuPS	Champions League	1				5		90	11	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
KuPS	Europa League	1				1		120	11	100%		100%	1	0%	100%	0%
Finland	Nations League B	1				1		85	11	100%	1	50%		0%	0%	100%

2019

Club	Competition													V	D	L
KuPS	Suomen Cup	5	1		367	10		367	11	80%	1	100%	1	0%	40%	60%
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	26	5	6	458	24	10	2290	11	100%	1	96%	3	58%	27%	15%
KuPS	Europa League	4				2	2	341	11	100%		100%	2	25%	50%	25%

2018

KuPS

685

408

Club	Competition													V	D	L
KuPS	Suomen Cup	6	4		87	7	1	347	11	83%	1	100%		83%	0%	17%
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	33	4	7	685	33	6	2739	11	88%	4	100%	1	52%	21%	27%
KuPS	Europa League	2		1		2		180	11	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
Finland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	4				1	1	100	14	25%	5			50%	0%	50%

2017

Club	Competition													V	D	L
KuPS	Suomen Cup	6	2		270	9	2	540	11	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	32	1	4	1679	19	5	1679	11	53%	15	97%	3	50%	25%	25%
Finland U-21	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	4				3	2	226	17	50%	2			25%	50%	25%
Finland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	1						2	17	0%	1			0%	100%	0%

2016

KuPS

Club	Competition															V	D	L
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	24		2			11	10	1141	11	42%	15	73%	2		42%	25%	33%
KuPS	Suomen Cup	1					2		36	11	0%	1	25%			0%	0%	100%

2015

KuPS

866

914

Club	Competition												V	D	L
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	20	1	866	9	4	866	15	45%	13	61%	1	25%	30%	45%
KuPS	Suomen Cup	1					48	0	0%	1			0%	100%	0%
Finland U-19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	3			2		193	10	67%	1			33%	33%	33%

2014

KuPS

111

Club	Competition															V	D	L
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	4	1		111		1	2	111	11	25%	5	12%			50%	25%	25%

2013

KuPS

Club	Competition															V	D	L
KuPS	Veikkausliiga	1							1	0	0%	1	6%			100%	0%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Veikkausliiga

2019

Runner-ups

Veikkausliiga

2017

Transfers

15/08/23 >		Exeter City
20/08/21 > 15/08/23		Dundee United
19/09/20 > 20/08/21		Ingolstadt
01/07/13 > 19/09/20		KuPS

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 15/05/2025 at 05:28

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Dundee U	61	2	4	1755	3509	8	59%36	31%19	44%27
Exeter City	80	2	6	3029	6058	11	84%67	38%30	39%31
Finland	23	1	1	1203	1203	1	57%13	35%8	43%10
Finland U-19	3				193		67%2	33%1	33%1
Finland U-21	9				328		33%3	33%3	33%3
Ingolstadt	21				847	2	43%9	57%12	14%3
KuPS	180	25	22	483	12077	14	71%127	47%84	28%50

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
RoPS	17	7	4	2
Ilves	16	5	1	3
Inter Turku	15	9	2	1
VPS	13	6	2	3
IFK Mariehamn	12	10	0	2
HIFK Helsinki	10	8	2	2
HJK Helsinki	17	3	3	0
PS Kemi	9	7	1	0
Cambridge	4	2	0	0
Burton	4	3	0	1
Shrewsbury	3	2	0	0
Lahti	13	6	2	3
Stevenage	5	2	0	1
Motherwell	5	4	1	1
JJK	4	3	1	0
Dundee FC	3	1	0	0
SJK	16	5	2	1
Livingston	7	1	0	1
Kilmarnock	6	2	0	0
St. Mirren	6	1	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Ilves	16	10	18
HJK Helsinki	17	9	25
RoPS	17	6	18
SJK	16	5	16
Livingston	7	4	8
Celtic	6	4	18
Birmingham	3	3	5
Blackpool	3	3	7
Hearts	4	3	13
St. Johnstone	4	3	4
Kilmarnock	6	3	7
St. Mirren	6	3	9
Inter Turku	15	3	13
VPS	13	3	15
Honka	9	3	16
Wales	2	2	5
Bolton	4	2	11
Stockport	2	2	4
Reading	3	2	6
Peterborough	4	2	6

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	Exeter City	33%	44%	45	60%	10%	10	Negative
2023/2024	Exeter City	43%	31%	35	19%	75%	16	Very positive
2023/2024	Dundee U	100%	0%	1	40%	40%	5	-
2022/2023	Dundee U	25%	63%	24	25%	55%	20	-
2021/2022	Dundee U	33%	33%	36	25%	75%	4	-
2021/2022	Ingolstadt	100%	0%	1	0%	100%	3	-
2020/2021	Ingolstadt	55%	15%	20	50%	25%	20	Slightly positive
2020	KuPS	53%	13%	15	63%	0%	8	Slightly negative
2019	KuPS	46%	23%	35	0%	0%	1	-
2018	KuPS	54%	27%	41	0%	0%	0	-
2017	KuPS	53%	24%	38	0%	100%	1	-
2016	KuPS	38%	35%	26	47%	41%	17	Slightly negative
2015	KuPS	24%	43%	21	38%	29%	21	Negative
2014	KuPS	50%	25%	4	35%	35%	37	-
2013	KuPS	100%	0%	1	29%	47%	17	-

Key figures

He hasn't scored away from home in League One for 3420 minutes.

Ilmari Niskanen hasn't scored away from home all competitions included for 4438 minutes.

The player hasn't scored at home in non-league and non-national team competition for 1616 minutes.

Niskanen hasn't scored in non-league and non-national team competition for 2142 minutes.

He hasn't scored away from home in non-league and non-national team competition for 912 minutes.

The player hasn't scored at home for the national team for 900 minutes.

The player hasn't scored for the national team for 1913 minutes.

Ilmari Niskanen hasn't won for the national team any of the last 5 matches

Ilmari Niskanen hasn't scored away from home for the national team for 1103 minutes.

He hasn't won for the national team any of the last 5 away from home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
KuPS
06/10/2013	V	Honka - KuPS	2 - 4	First match with the club, first victory
03/08/2014	V	RoPS - KuPS	3 - 1	First loss
10/08/2014	V	KuPS - RoPS	1 - 0	First start, first goal
17/02/2018		Oulu - KuPS	2 - 6	First time scoring 2 goals
Ingolstadt
26/09/2020		Hallescher - Ingolstadt	0 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
03/10/2020		Ingolstadt - Unterhaching	0 - 1	First loss
Dundee United
11/09/2021		St. Mirren - Dundee United	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
19/09/2021		Dundee United - Dundee FC	1 - 0	First victory
02/10/2021		Dundee United - Ross County	1 - 0	First goal
30/10/2021		Dundee United - St. Johnstone	0 - 1	First loss
Exeter City
26/08/2023		Exeter City - Reading	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
11/11/2023		Fleetwood Town - Exeter City	3 - 0	First loss
22/10/2024		Exeter City - Reading	1 - 2	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 15/05/2025 at 05:28

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
FA Cup	FA Cup	3			1	287	100%3	67%2	33%1
League Cup	League Cup	2				135	100%2		100%2
League One	League One	73	2	2790	5	5579	85%62	37%27	22%16	41%30
EFL Trophy	EFL Trophy	2				57		50%1		50%1
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	1				2		100%1
2. Bundesliga	2. Bundesliga
3. Liga	3. Liga	20				845	45%9	55%11	30%6	15%3
Premiership	Premiership	53	2	1559	4	3117	62%33	26%14	28%15	45%24
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup	1				27		100%1
Scottish FA Cup	Scottish FA Cup	5				308	60%3	60%3		40%2
Veikkausliiga	Veikkausliiga	153	18	556	21	10008	68%104	48%74	25%39	26%40
Suomen Cup	Suomen Cup	19	7	191		1338	79%15	47%9	16%3	37%7
Friendlies	Friendlies	8	1	544	1	544	75%6	25%2	50%4	25%2
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				13				100%1
RE	Rencontres amicales Espoirs	4				226	50%2	25%1	50%2	25%1
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	5				102	20%1	40%2	20%1	40%2
EEU19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	3				193	67%2	33%1	33%1	33%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	4				195	75%3	50%2		50%2
Nations League B	Nations League B	10				451	40%4	40%4	10%1	50%5
Champions League	Champions League	1				90	100%1			100%1
Europa League	Europa League	7			1	641	100%7	14%1	57%4	29%2
ECL	Europa Conference League	2				57		50%1		50%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	Exeter City	3	16	56	46	15	11	20	49	65
2023/2024	Exeter City	3	13	61	46	17	10	19	46	61
2023/2024	Dundee U	2	2	4	2	1	1	0	5	1
2022/2023	Dundee U	1P	12	31	36	8	7	21	38	64
2022/2023	Dundee U	1	10	31	33	8	7	18	36	58
2021/2022	Dundee U	1P	4	44	36	11	11	14	34	42
2021/2022	Dundee U	1	4	41	33	10	11	12	31	37
2021/2022	Ingolstadt	2	17	0	3	0	0	3	2	11
2020/2021	Ingolstadt	3	3	71	38	20	11	7	56	40
2020	KuPS	1	1	31	14	9	4	1	27	13
2019	KuPS	1	1	53	27	15	8	4	46	24
2018	KuPS	1	3	58	33	17	7	9	56	37
2017	KuPS	1	2	56	33	16	8	9	51	36
2016	KuPS	1	7	49	33	14	7	12	37	31
2015	KuPS	1	9	38	33	9	11	13	32	40
2014	KuPS	1	7	44	33	11	11	11	44	44
2013	KuPS	1	7	41	33	11	8	14	43	42

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 03, 2025	03/05		Round 46	Mansfield Town	3 - 0	Exeter City	90 Minutes
April 26, 2025	26/04		Round 45	Exeter City	3 - 1	Huddersfield	90 Minutes	1
April 21, 2025	21/04		Round 44	Crawley Town	3 - 1	Exeter City	69 Minutes
April 18, 2025	18/04		Round 43	Exeter City	0 - 0	Burton Albion	90 Minutes
April 12, 2025	12/04		Round 42	Bristol Rovers	1 - 2	Exeter City	90 Minutes
April 08, 2025	08/04		Round 31	Exeter City	1 - 1	Wigan	90 Minutes
April 05, 2025	05/04		Round 41	Exeter City	0 - 2	Stockport	90 Minutes
April 01, 2025	01/04		Round 40	Barnsley	1 - 2	Exeter City	69 Minutes
March 29, 2025	29/03		Round 39	Exeter City	0 - 2	Wrexham	On the bench
March 24, 2025	24/03		Round 2	Lithuania	2 - 2	Finland	Absent
March 22, 2025	22/03		Round 38	Lincoln City	0 - 0	Exeter City	Absent
March 21, 2025	21/03		Round 1	Malta	0 - 1	Finland	Absent
March 15, 2025	15/03		Round 37	Rotherham	1 - 1	Exeter City	27 Minutes
March 11, 2025	11/03		Round 11	Exeter City	2 - 0	Mansfield Town	Absent
March 08, 2025	08/03		Round 36	Exeter City	2 - 0	Shrewsbury	Absent
March 04, 2025	04/03		Round 35	Reading	0 - 0	Exeter City	Absent
March 01, 2025	01/03		Round 34	Exeter City	1 - 1	Northampton	66 Minutes
February 22, 2025	22/02		Round 33	Charlton	3 - 0	Exeter City	30 Minutes
February 15, 2025	15/02		Round 32	Cambridge	0 - 1	Exeter City	90 Minutes
February 11, 2025	11/02		Round of 32	Exeter City	2 - 22-4 s.o	Nottingham	120 Minutes
February 01, 2025	01/02		Round 30	Stevenage	4 - 1	Exeter City	61 Minutes
January 28, 2025	28/01		Round 29	Exeter City	2 - 6	Leyton Orient	90 Minutes
January 25, 2025	25/01		Round 28	Exeter City	1 - 3	Blackpool	45 Minutes
January 21, 2025	21/01		Round 26	Peterborough	1 - 1	Exeter City	72 Minutes
January 18, 2025	18/01		Round 27	Birmingham	1 - 0	Exeter City	0 minute
January 11, 2025	11/01		3rd round	Exeter City	3 - 1	Oxford United	On the bench
January 04, 2025	04/01		Round 25	Exeter City	1 - 2	Bolton	27 Minutes
January 01, 2025	01/01		Round 24	Wycombe	2 - 1	Exeter City	82 Minutes
December 29, 2024	29/12		Round 23	Exeter City	4 - 4	Crawley Town	45 Minutes
December 26, 2024	26/12		Round 22	Exeter City	3 - 1	Bristol Rovers	90 Minutes
December 21, 2024	21/12		Round 21	Burton Albion	1 - 2	Exeter City	90 Minutes
December 14, 2024	14/12		Round 20	Exeter City	1 - 2	Barnsley	90 Minutes
December 10, 2024	10/12	EFLT	2nd round	Exeter City	1 - 2	Birmingham	12 Minutes
December 07, 2024	07/12		Round 19	Stockport	2 - 0	Exeter City	80 Minutes
December 03, 2024	03/12		Round 18	Exeter City	2 - 2	Wycombe	90 Minutes
November 30, 2024	30/11		2nd round	Exeter City	2 - 0	Chesterfield	77 Minutes		1
November 26, 2024	26/11		Round 5	Exeter City	0 - 2	Birmingham	90 Minutes
November 23, 2024	23/11		Round 17	Wrexham	3 - 0	Exeter City	90 Minutes
November 17, 2024	17/11	NLB	Round 6	Finland	0 - 2	Greece	9 Minutes
November 16, 2024	16/11		Round 16	Exeter City	0 - 0	Lincoln City	Absent
November 14, 2024	14/11	NLB	Round 5	Ireland	1 - 0	Finland	6 Minutes
November 09, 2024	09/11		Round 15	Exeter City	1 - 0	Charlton	90 Minutes
November 02, 2024	02/11		First round	Exeter City	5 - 3	Barnet	90 Minutes
October 29, 2024	29/10	EFLT	Round 3	Bristol Rovers	2 - 3	Exeter City	Absent
October 26, 2024	26/10		Round 14	Huddersfield	2 - 0	Exeter City	79 Minutes
October 22, 2024	22/10		Round 13	Exeter City	1 - 2	Reading	90 Minutes	1
October 17, 2024	17/10		Round 12	Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Exeter City	90 Minutes
October 13, 2024	13/10	NLB	Round 4	Finland	1 - 3	England	Absent
October 10, 2024	10/10	NLB	Round 3	Finland	1 - 2	Ireland	Absent
October 05, 2024	05/10		Round 10	Exeter City	1 - 0	Cambridge	90 Minutes
October 01, 2024	01/10		Round 9	Leyton Orient	0 - 1	Exeter City	90 Minutes
September 28, 2024	28/09		Round 8	Wigan	0 - 0	Exeter City	90 Minutes
September 24, 2024	24/09	EFLT	Round 2	Exeter City	2 - 0	Tottenham U-23	Absent
September 21, 2024	21/09		Round 7	Exeter City	2 - 0	Stevenage	90 Minutes		1
September 14, 2024	14/09		Round 6	Blackpool	2 - 1	Exeter City	90 Minutes
September 10, 2024	10/09	NLB	Round 2	England	2 - 0	Finland	45 Minutes
September 07, 2024	07/09	NLB	Round 1	Greece	3 - 0	Finland	On the bench
September 03, 2024	03/09	EFLT	Round 1	Exeter City	2 - 1	Swindon Town	Absent
August 31, 2024	31/08		Round 4	Bolton	0 - 2	Exeter City	90 Minutes
August 24, 2024	24/08		Round 3	Exeter City	1 - 2	Peterborough	90 Minutes
August 17, 2024	17/08		Round 2	Northampton	2 - 1	Exeter City	90 Minutes
August 13, 2024	13/08		First round	Walsall	1 - 14-3 s.o	Exeter City	90 Minutes
August 10, 2024	10/08		Round 1	Exeter City	1 - 0	Rotherham	90 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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