| Petteri Forsell | |
| Fullname: | Jani Petteri Forsell[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1990 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kokkola, Finland[2] |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Şanlıurfaspor |
| Youthclubs1: | KPV |
| Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs1: | KPV |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | VPS |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2010–2012 |
| Clubs3: | IFK Mariehamn |
| Caps3: | 52 |
| Goals3: | 18 |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs4: | Bursaspor |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | → IFK Mariehamn (loan) |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs6: | IFK Mariehamn |
| Caps6: | 48 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Years7: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Miedź Legnica |
| Caps7: | 44 |
| Goals7: | 17 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Örebro SK |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs9: | Miedź Legnica |
| Caps9: | 51 |
| Goals9: | 14 |
| Years10: | 2019 |
| Clubs10: | → HJK (loan) |
| Caps10: | 9 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Years11: | 2020 |
| Clubs11: | Korona Kielce |
| Caps11: | 14 |
| Goals11: | 4 |
| Years12: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs12: | Stal Mielec |
| Caps12: | 26 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Years13: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs13: | Inter Turku |
| Caps13: | 64 |
| Goals13: | 13 |
| Years14: | 2024 |
| Clubs14: | Korona Kielce |
| Caps14: | 4 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2024– |
| Clubs15: | Şanlıurfaspor |
| Caps15: | 0 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 9 July 2024 |
Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for TFF First League club Şanlıurfaspor. He made twelve appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.
After starting his career with the local KPV, Forsell was signed by a near Veikkausliiga side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side, IFK Mariehamn. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012, he was selected as the player of the month, for July.[3]
On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with Süper Lig club Bursaspor for a transfer fee of €500,000.[4] He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against FC Twente.
Forsell was selected as the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from Miedź Legnica to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year.[5]
On 10 August 2019, Forsell scored one and gave two assists in a 4–0 win against FC Lahti on his league debut for HJK.[6]
On 21 February 2022, Forsell returned to Inter Turku for the 2022 season.[7]
After leaving Inter at the end of 2023, Forsell remained a free agent until 30 March 2024 before rejoining Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce, whom he previously represented in 2020.[8] He made his return to Polish football two days later as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 away loss to Widzew Łódź.[9] He left the club at the end of June.[10]
On 9 July 2024, Forsell signed with Turkish TFF First League club Şanlıurfaspor.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| KPV | 2007 | Ykkönen | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2008 | Ykkönen | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||
| VPS | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | 23 | 14 | |||
| Total | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 24 | |||
| Bursaspor | 2012–13 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 48 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 62 | 19 | |||
| Miedź Legnica | 2015–16 | I liga | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||||
| 2016–17 | I liga | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 32 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 19 | |||
| Örebro | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Miedź Legnica | 2017–18 | I liga | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 42 | 16 | ||||
| 2019–20 | I liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17 | |||
| Miedź Legnica II | 2018–19 | III liga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| HJK (loan) | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| Korona Kielce | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Stal Mielec | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| Inter Turku | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |||
| Total | 64 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 13 | |||
| Korona Kielce | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Şanlıurfaspor | 2024–25 | TFF First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 368 | 90 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 439 | 114 | |||
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Forsell goal.
IFK Mariehamn
Miedź Legnica
Korona Kielce II
Inter Turku
Individual