Kai Meriluoto

HJK Helsinki

Born on : January 02, 2003 (22 years) at Pori

Nationality : Finland Japan

Height : 1m83

Weight : 78 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 2

First cap : vs Sweden 09/01/2023

2023
2022
2022-2023

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Current season statistics (2025)

0 Impacting goals 0 Goals

0 Impacting assists 0 Assists

0 Played matches 0 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Centre forward	21%

Meriluoto's career statisticsLast updated on 05/02/2025 at 20:55

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Playing time

Presence

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Results

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Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

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2025

2024

Club	Competition												V	D	L
HJK Helsinki	Champions League	1			1		45	42	100%		50%		0%	100%	0%
HJK Helsinki	Veikkausliiga	7	2	132	2	2	264	42	43%	6	58%		43%	29%	29%
HJK Helsinki	Europa Conference League	6	1	55	1		55	42	0%	10	60%	1	0%	33%	67%

2023/2024

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Stal Mielec	PKO Ekstraklasa	23	2	1	244	11	6	487	42	9%	28	68%	30%	30%	39%
Stal Mielec	Polish Cup	3	1		192	3		192	0	100%		100%	67%	0%	33%
Finland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	4	1	2	64	1	1	64	10	0%	6		75%	0%	25%

2023

HJK Helsinki

324

Club	Competition															V	D	L
HJK Helsinki	Veikkausliiga	14	2		324		4	6	647	42	50%	7	88%	1		50%	36%	14%
HJK Helsinki	Champions League									42		1	0%

2022

Ilves Tampere

184

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ilves	Veikkausliiga	24	9	2	184		27	5	1658	42	79%	5	89%	1		33%	29%	38%
Finland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	3		2			3	1	120	19	33%	2				67%	0%	33%

2021

Klubi-04

2020

Klubi-04

Club	Competition															V	D	L
HJK Helsinki	Veikkausliiga	1							8	42	0%	1				0%	100%	0%

2020

HJK Helsinki

Club	Competition															V	D	L
HJK Helsinki	Veikkausliiga	2	1		20			1	20	42	0%	5	13%			50%	50%	0%

2020

Klubi-04

2019

Klubi-04

2018

HJK Juniorit

Club	Competition															V	D	L
HJK Juniorit	UEFA Youth League	1					1		12	63	0%	1	50%			0%	0%	100%

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

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

2020

2023

Transfers

14/07/23 > 01/07/24	Stal Mielec	Loan
15/02/22 > 01/01/23	Ilves Tampere	Loan
01/01/22 >	HJK Helsinki
05/08/20 > 05/11/20	HJK Helsinki	Loan
01/01/19 > 01/01/22	Klubi-04
01/07/18 > 01/01/19	HJK Juniorit

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Player career by clubLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 10:33

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Finland	2				121		50%1	0%0	100%2
Finland U-21	7	1	4	184	184		14%1	71%5	29%2
HJK Helsinki	31	6		173	1039	2	35%11	35%11	26%8
HJK Juniorit	1				12		0%0	0%0	100%1
Ilves	25	10	2	175	1748	1	80%20	36%9	36%9
Stal Mielec	26	3	1	226	679		19%5	35%9	38%10

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
VPS	7	4	5	1
Honka	4	1	0	0
FC Haka	4	2	1	0
IFK Mariehamn	4	2	0	1
Lahti	7	3	1	0
KuPS	4	0	0	0
Oulu	4	1	2	0
Widzew Lodz	3	0	0	0
HIFK Helsinki	3	2	1	0
Lech Poznan	2	0	0	0
Piast Gliwice	2	0	0	0
Rakow	2	0	0	0
Radomiak	2	1	0	0
KTP	2	1	0	0
Azerbaijan U-21	1	1	0	1
LKS Lodz	1	1	0	0
EIF	1	1	0	0
Armenia U-21	1	1	1	1
RoPS	1	1	1	0
Inter Turku	4	1	2	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
KuPS	4	3	5
Widzew Lodz	3	2	3
Korona Kielce	2	2	4
Lahti	7	2	8
FC Haka	4	2	5
VPS	7	2	10
Lugano	1	1	3
Switzerland U-21	1	1	2
Altinordu U-19	1	1	2
Real Betis	1	1	1
Estonia	1	1	1
Pana	1	1	1
Sweden	1	1	2
Norway U-21	1	1	2
Decic Tuzi	1	1	2
Legia Warsaw	2	1	4
Lech Poznan	2	1	2
Piast Gliwice	2	1	3
Radomiak	2	1	2
Rakow	2	1	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2025	HJK Helsinki	0%	0%	0	50%	50%	2	-
2024	HJK Helsinki	21%	43%	14	50%	50%	10	Extremely negative
2023/2024	Stal Mielec	35%	38%	26	36%	36%	11	Very slightly negative
2023	HJK Helsinki	50%	14%	14	25%	0%	4	-
2022	Ilves	36%	36%	25	25%	75%	4	-
2021	Klubi-04	0%	0%	0	33%	60%	30	-
2020	Klubi-04	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2020	HJK Helsinki	33%	0%	3	71%	7%	14	-
2020	Klubi-04	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2019	Klubi-04	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2018	HJK Juniorit	0%	100%	1	0%	0%	1	-

Key figures

Meriluoto hasn't scored away from home in non-league and non-national team competition for 780 minutes.

Kai Meriluoto hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 away from home matches

He hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 7 matches

Meriluoto has lost all competitions included the last 4 away from home matches

The player hasn't won all competitions included any of the last 5 away from home matches

The player hasn't won all competitions included any of the last 7 matches

Kai Meriluoto hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 5 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
HJK Juniorit
24/10/2018		HJK Juniorit - Altinordu U-19	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
HJK Helsinki
06/08/2020		HJK Helsinki - Lahti	1 - 1	First match with the club
28/09/2020		HJK Helsinki - RoPS	4 - 0	First victory, first goal
05/04/2023		HJK Helsinki - Honka	2 - 0	First start
05/05/2023		KuPS - HJK Helsinki	2 - 1	First loss
01/09/2024		VPS - HJK Helsinki	1 - 3	First time scoring 2 goals
Ilves Tampere
02/04/2022		FC Haka - Ilves Tampere	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
17/04/2022		Oulu - Ilves Tampere	2 - 2	First goal
23/04/2022		Ilves Tampere - VPS	3 - 2	First victory
29/04/2022		Ilves Tampere - SJK	3 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
Stal Mielec
22/07/2023	PKOE	Stal Mielec - Cracovia	2 - 2	First match with the club
07/08/2023	PKOE	Puszcza - Stal Mielec	1 - 0	First start, first loss
12/08/2023	PKOE	Stal Mielec - Slask Wroclaw	3 - 1	First victory
18/09/2023	PKOE	Stal Mielec - Zaglebie Lubin	4 - 2	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 03/02/2025 at 10:33

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Ekstraklasa	Ekstraklasa	23	2	244	1	487	9%2	30%7	30%7	39%9
Polish Cup	Polish Cup	3	1	192		192	100%3	67%2		33%1
Veikkausliiga	Veikkausliiga	49	15	179	2	2687	61%30	41%20	33%16	27%13
Friendlies	Friendlies	2				121	50%1			100%2
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	7	1	184	4	184	14%1	71%5		29%2
Champions League	Champions League	1				45	100%1		100%1
UEFA Youth League	UEFA Youth League	1				12				100%1
ECL	Europa Conference League	6	1	55		55			33%2	67%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024	HJK Helsinki	1	2	43	22	13	4	5	41	21
2023/2024	Stal Mielec	1	9	41	31	11	8	12	39	44
2022	Ilves	1P	9	34	27	9	7	11	43	43
2022	Ilves	1	8	25	22	6	7	9	31	36
2021	Klubi-04	2	10	29	27	9	2	16	39	42
2020	HJK Helsinki	1	1	48	22	14	6	2	53	17

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
January 17, 2025	17/01	L	Round 2	Inter Turku	1 - 2	HJK Helsinki	No data
January 11, 2025	11/01	L	Round 1	HJK Helsinki	0 - 1	Gnistan	No data

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