Aapo Mäenpää

Aapo Mäenpää

Mäenpää with IFK Mariehamn in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Hämeenlinna, Finland[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back[1]
Team information
Current team	Ilves
Number	22
Youth career
	HJS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Hämeenlinna	5	(0)
2015–2016	Haka	30	(1)
2017–2021	IFK Mariehamn	86	(0)
2022–	Ilves	67	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Aapo Mäenpää (born 14 January 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Ilves, as a right back.^[2]

Club career

On 4 November 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Ilves, starting in 2022.^[3] Later his contract was extended until the end of 2024.^[4]

Personal life

Mäenpää's twin brother Niilo is also a professional footballer for Halmstad; the two played together during their early years at Hämeenlinna and Haka, before reuniting at Mariehamm in 2020.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2025^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hämeenlinna	2014	Kakkonen	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
Haka	2015	Ykkönen	11	1	3	0	–		–		14	1
	2016	Ykkönen	19	0	1	0	–		–		20	0
	Total		30	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	34	1
Pallo-Sepot 44 (loan)	2016	Kolmonen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
IFK Mariehamn	2017	Veikkausliiga	20	0	4	0	–		2[c]	0	26	0
	2018	Veikkausliiga	11	0	3	0	–		–		14	0
	2019	Veikkausliiga	24	0	9	0	–		–		33	0
	2020	Veikkausliiga	18	0	2	0	–		–		20	0
	2021	Veikkausliiga	13	0	1	0	–		–		14	0
	Total		86	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	107	0
Ilves	2022	Veikkausliiga	22	0	0	0	2	0	–		24	0
	2023	Veikkausliiga	23	0	6	1	5	0	–		34	1
	2024	Veikkausliiga	22	1	1	0	5	0	4[d]	1	32	2
	2025	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		67	1	7	1	13	0	4	1	91	3
Career total			190	2	30	1	13	0	6	1	239	3

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Ilves

• Finnish Cup: 2023^[7]
• Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024^[8]

IFK Mariehamn

• Finnish Cup runner-up: 2019^[2]

References

1. Aapo Mäenpää at WorldFootball.net
2. Aapo Mäenpää at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
3. "AAPO MÄENPÄÄ VAHVISTAMAAN ILVEKSEN PUOLUSTUSTA" (in Finnish). Ilves. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
4. Hämeenlinnalaislähtöinen Aapo Mäenpää nauttii europeleistä ja täysistä katsomoista: "On ollut ihan sairasta", Hämeen Sanomat, 30 July 2024
5. "For the first time, the miracle duo of Finnish football Niilo and Aapo, 19, play apart: "It's different to be alone now"". yle.fi (in Finnish). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
6. Aapo Mäenpää stats, Football Association of Finland
7. Kuvakooste: Kurkista Suomen cupin mestareiden pukukoppiin – Näin kuohujuoma lensi ja Ilves juhli Olympiastadionilla, Aamulehti, 30 September 2023
8. Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024