Otso-Pekka Parkkila
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-08-09) 9 August 2007
Place of birth Finland
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 OLS
Youth career
–2023 OLS[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– OLS 4 (0)
2024– AC Oulu 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Finland U15 1 (0)
2022 Finland U16 6 (0)
2023– Finland U17 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

Otso-Pekka Parkkila (born 9 August 2007) is a Finnish professional footballer playing as a left back for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.

Career

Parkkila played in the Oulun Luistinseura youth sector.[2] He was part of the AC Oulu/OLS U17 squad finishing 2nd in the domestic league of their age group, and winning the silver medal in 2023.

Parkkila made his senior debut with the OLS first team in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2023.

On 10 December 2023, he signed a professional contract with AC Oulu on a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.[3][4] He will be registered to the club's reserve team Oulun Luistinseura (OLS), starting to play in a new third-tier Ykkönen in 2024.

International career

Parkkila was part of the Finland U16 squad that won the friendly tournament Baltic Cup in July 2023.[5]

On 4 October 2023, he was named in the Finland U17 squad in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification tournament. In the tournament Finland drew with Ukraine and Germany 2–2 and 1–1, respectively, before winning Liechtenstein 3–0, placing 2nd in the group and advancing to the Elite round.[6][7][8]

References

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