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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesse Mikael Kilo | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012 | Gnistan[1] | ||
| 2014 | HJK | ||
| 2015–2019 | KäPa | ||
| 2020–2023 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Hamburger SV II | 56 | (1) |
| 2025– | Ilves | 24 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 4 | (6) |
| 2019 | Finland U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022 | Finland U19 | 6 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 November 2023 | |||
Jesse Mikael Kilo (born 15 January 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.[2][3]
Career
[edit]After spending five seasons with Hamburger SV organisation, Kilo returned to Finland and on 23 July 2025 he signed with Veikkausliiga club Ilves on a deal until the end of 2027.[4]
Personal life
[edit]His older brother Juho Kilo is also a professional footballer, and has also played for Käpa and Hamburger SV youth academy, as well as in Hamburger SV II.[5][6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 July 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cups[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV II | 2022–23 | Regionalliga Nord | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga Nord | 19 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nord | 33 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 56 | 1 | ||
| Ilves | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2026 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes Finnish Cup
- 1 2 Appearance in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit]- ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA
- ↑ Käpylän Pallon Jesse Kilo siirtyy saksalaisen HSV:n riveihin, Käpa, 24 January 2020
- ↑ Jesse Kilon kuulumisia Hampurista, Käpa, 16 January 2023
- ↑ ILVES SOPIMUKSEEN JESSE KILON KANSSA, ilvesfootball.com, 23 July 2025
- ↑ KÄPA-KASVATIT VALLOITTAVAT HAMPURIA – ”SAKSASSA FUTIS ON TIETYLLÄ TAVALLA KUIN USKONTO”, uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi, 30 June 2021
- ↑ Ammattilaisena Saksassa: Juho Kilo pelaa ja opiskelee, jpy.fi, 19 May 2023
External links
[edit]- Jesse Kilo at Soccerway
- Jesse Kilo at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Käpylän Pallo players
- IF Gnistan players
- Hamburger SV players
- Hamburger SV II players
- Ilves (football) players
- Regionalliga players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany