JOHANNES JOINS ON LOAN FROM HJK
- ZOMA Brand Agency
- Feb 20, 2023
- 2 min read
Dundalk FC is delighted to announce that Johannes Yli-Kokko has joined the club on loan from Finnish champions HJK Helsinki.
The 21-year-old attacker will wear the number 20 shirt and is in line to make his debut for the club in Friday’s League of Ireland clash with Bohemians at Dalymount Park.
Born in Espoo, which is just 21km from Helsinki, Yli-Kokko moved to HJK in 2015, graduating through the ranks and playing for their reserve team, Club 04.
After being promoted to the first-team squad, he made his Veikkausliiga debut in April 2022 and scored his first goal for HJK three months later against VPS.
He made 17 Veikkausliiga appearances during HJK’s title-winning campaign last year, scoring once and providing four assists. He also made four appearances in Europe, coming on as a substitute in both legs of HJK’s UEFA Champions League second qualifying round defeat to Viktoria Plzeň and their UEFA Europa League third qualifying round win over Maribor.
Yli-Kokko was named on the bench for all six of HJK’s UEFA Europa League Group C games against Roma, Ludogrets and Real Betis and came on for the final 10 minutes in their 3-0 defeat to the Spanish outfit in Seville last November.