Mihkel Aksalu

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Mihkel Aksalu (born 7 November 1984) is a former Estonian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Kuressaare

Aksalu joined the youth system of his hometown club Kuressaare and played for their reserve team Muhumaa (renamed Sörve in 2002). He made his debut in the Meistriliiga in his single appearance for Kuressaare on 23 September 2000, in a 4–1 away win over Valga.

Flora

In December 2002, Aksalu was included in Flora's first team squad for pre-season training.[1] During his first seasons with the club, he mostly played for the club's reserve side Tervis Pärnu. Aksalu became a regular starter for Flora in the 2006 season. His first trophy with Flora came in the 2007–08 Estonian Cup.

Sheffield United

On 29 January 2010, following a successful trial, Aksalu signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Championship club Sheffield United for a transfer fee of £180,000. Kevin Blackwell, Sheffield United's manager at the time, claimed Aksalu was the best goalkeeping triallist he had seen in a long time and had the potential to become Estonia's number one.[2] However, Aksalu failed to impress new manager Gary Speed and was unable to break into the first team.

On 6 October 2010, Aksalu joined Conference National club Mansfield Town on a two-month loan.[3][4] He remained sidelined through most of his spell due to an abdominal muscle problem, making only three appearances before returning to Bramall Lane in December. After a lengthy spell on the sidelines following back surgery, Aksalu was released by the club on 19 January 2012.[5]

Return to Flora

Following his release, Aksalu returned to Estonia and began training with his former club Flora to regain his fitness. He rejoined the team on 9 April 2012.[6]

SJK

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Aksalu with SJK in 2015

On 4 April 2013, Aksalu signed a one-year contract with Ykkönen club SJK.[7] He made his debut for the team on 4 May 2013, in a 2–1 home win over PK-35 Vantaa. SJK won the 2013 Ykkönen and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga. In October 2013, Aksalu signed a new two-year contract with the club.[8] On 24 August 2015, his contract was extended to 2017.[9] Aksalu won the Veikkausliiga title in the 2015 season.[10] He was named league's Best Goalkeeper and SJK's Player of the Year.[11] Aksalu was named club captain ahead of the 2016 season. On 24 September 2016, Aksalu helped his team win the 2016 Finnish Cup by saving two penalties in a shootout against HJK in the final.[12]

International career

Aksalu has represented Estonia at under-16, under-17, under-20 and under-21 levels, amassing 20 youth appearances overall.[13]

He made his senior international debut for Estonia on 17 October 2007, playing the first half of a friendly match against Montenegro, where he conceded the only goal of the game. In 2015, he succeeded Sergei Pareiko as Estonia's number one goalkeeper.

With the emergence of young Karl Hein, Aksalu was left out of the national team selection in 2020 and 2021. However, with the whole team's isolation due to COVID-19 in March 2021 and Hein's injury in November 2021, Aksalu was recalled to the national team to face Belgium and Czech Republic for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sörve 2000 Esiliiga 11 0 — — — 11 0
2001 II liiga 16 0 — — — 16 0
2002 12 0 — — — 12 0
Total 39 0 — — — 39 0
Kuressaare 2000 Meistriliiga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
HÜJK Emmaste 2003 II liiga 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
Tervis Pärnu 2003 Esiliiga 7 0 1 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 10 0
2004 15 0 1 0 — — — 16 0
2005 7 0 0 0 — — — 7 0
Total 29 0 2 0 — — 2 0 33 0
Flora 2003 Meistriliiga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 8 0 3 0 — 0 0 — 11 0
2006 15 0 2 0 — 0 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 18 0
2007 30 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 4[lower-alpha 6] 0 36 0
2008 30 0 2 0 — 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 2[lower-alpha 6] 0 36 0
2009 31 0 3 0 — 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 3[lower-alpha 7] 0 39 0
Total 115 0 10 0 — 6 0 10 0 141 0
Lelle 2004 II liiga 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Flora II 2006 Esiliiga 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
Sheffield United 2009–10 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2011–12 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Mansfield Town (loan) 2010–11 Conference National 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Flora II 2012 Esiliiga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Flora 2012 Meistriliiga 7 0 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 9 0
SJK 2013 Ykkönen 26 0 0 0 — — — 26 0
2014 Veikkausliiga 30 0 2 0 6 0 — — 38 0
2015 32 0 1 0 3 0 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 38 0
2016 31 0 2 0 4 0 2[lower-alpha 8] 0 — 39 0
2017 32 0 6 0 — 2[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 40 0
2018 18 0 6 0 — — — 24 0
2019 15 0 2 0 — — — 17 0
Total 184 0 19 0 13 0 6 0 — 222 0
Paide Linnameeskond 2021 Meistriliiga 27 0 4 0 - 6 0 - 37 0
2022 17 0 1 0 - 2 0 - 20 0
2023 4 0 1 0 - - - 5 0
Total 48 0 6 0 - 8 0 - 62 0
Total 444 0 40 0 13 0 20 0 12 0 529 0

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  1. ↑ Includes the Estonian Cup, FA Cup and Finnish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes the Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Esiliiga promotion play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance in Estonian Supercup
  5. ↑ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ a b Appearances in Baltic League
  7. ↑ One appearance in Estonian Supercup, two appearances in Baltic League
  8. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Estonia
2007 2 0
2008 3 0
2009 1 0
2010 3 0
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 7 0
2016 8 0
2017 8 0
2018 7 0
2019 1 0
2021 1 0
Total 46 0

Honours

Club

Flora

SJK

Individual

References

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