Jasin-Amin Assehnoun
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998
Place of birth Tampere, Finland[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vejle
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Espoo 35 (11)
2018–2021 Lahti 69 (17)
2021–2023 Emmen 69 (9)
2023– Vejle 13 (1)
International career‡
2019–2020 Finland U21 13 (2)
2021 Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2021

Jasin-Amin Assehnoun (born 26 December 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Danish Superliga club Vejle.

Club career

In his youth years, Assehnoun played for Pitäjänmäen Tarmo, HJK Helsinki, Pallokerho-35 and FC Espoo. His first senior team was FC Espoo playing in Kakkonen. In 2018, Assehnoun signed for Veikkausliiga side FC Lahti, signing an initial two year contract with the club.[2]

In July 2021 he signed a one-year contract with Dutch club FC Emmen.[3]

In July 2023, Assehnoun joined newly promoted Danish club Vejle on a two-year deal.[4]

International career

Assehnoun was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[5] He made his national team debut in that game, as a starter.[6]

On 25 May 2022, it was reported that Assehnoun had declined an invitation from the Finland national team head coach Markku Kanerva, and had considered switching his allegiance to represent Morocco.[7] On 14 September 2022, it was confirmed by Kanerva that Assehnoun was aiming for the Morocco national team.[8]

Personal life

Assehnoun was born in Tampere, Finland, to a Moroccan father and a Finnish mother and holds dual Finnish-Moroccan citizenship.[2][9][10]

Career statistics

As of 2 December 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espoo 2017 Kakkonen 22300——223
2018 13800——138
Total 35110000003511
Lahti 2018 Veikkausliiga 10000——100
2019 27372——345
2020 22983——3012
2021 10532——137
Total 691718700008724
Emmen 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 36721——388
2022–23 Eredivisie 33230——352
Total 6995100007410
Vejle 2023–24 Superliga 13122——153
Career total 186382510000021148

References

  1. 1 2 "Jasin Assehnoun".
  2. 1 2 Jasin Assehnoun FC Lahteen, fclahti.fi, 13 April 2021
  3. ↑ "FC EMMEN CONTRACTEERT JASIN-AMIN ASSEHNOUN" (in Dutch). FC Emmen. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jasin Assehnoun er ny VB'er" (in Danish). Vejle. 21 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Näillä pelaajilla Huuhkajat lähtevät kohti EM-kisoja – kaksi nimeä kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sweden v Finland game report". ESPN. 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Huuhkajissa vuosi sitten debytoinut Jasin Assehnoun pohtii, edustaako jatkossa Suomea vai Marokkoa – "Hän haluaa vähän miettiä kesän yli", Yle, 25 May 2022
  8. ↑ Markku Kanerva paljasti: lupaava taituri tavoittelee MM-kisamaan edustamista – Jukka Raitalan maajoukkueura ohi?, Iltalehti, Anssi Karjalainen, 14 September 2022
  9. ↑ "19-vuotias Jasin Assehnoun FC Lahteen kahden ja puolen vuoden sopimuksella" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2019. ... taiturilta löytyy Suomen ja Marokon kansalaisuus.
  10. ↑ "Jasin Assehnoun - Tähti" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021. Hänen isänsä on marokkolainen ja äiti suomalainen.
  11. ↑ Jasin-Amin Assehnoun at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2019.



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