Mihkel Aksalu

Mihkel Aksalu

Personal information
Full name	Mihkel Aksalu
Date of birth	7 November 1984 (1984-11-07) (age 27)
Place of birth	Kuressaare, Estonia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Number	13
Youth career
	FC Kuressaare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2002	FC Kuressaare	1	(0)
2000–2001	→ Muhumaa JK (loan)	27	(0)
2002	→ Sörve JK (loan)	12	(0)
2003	HÜJK Emmaste
2003–2010	FC Flora Tallinn	116	(0)
2003–2005	→ JK Tervis Pärnu (loan)
2006	→ FC Flora II Tallinn (loan)	6	(0)
2010–	Sheffield United	0	(0)
2010	→ Mansfield Town (loan)	2	(0)
National team‡
	Estonia U21	13	(0)
2007–	Estonia	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2010

Mihkel Aksalu (born 7 November 1984) is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for Sheffield United in the English Football League Championship. He plays the position of goalkeeper and is 1.94 m tall.

Club career

On 29 January 2010 it was announced that Aksalu had signed for Sheffield United on a two and a half year deal after a successful trial with the club. Kevin Blackwell stated in the interview that he has the potential to be Estonia's Number one, and he was the best goalkeeper trialist he'd seen.^[1] The following season, after failing to break into the first team, he signed a two month loan deal with Mansfield Town.^[2] During his time at Mansfield Town, he played two league matches and one FA Cup match. He was unable to play more matches due to a stomach problem. He returned to Bramall Lane on 8 December 2010.^[3]

Statistics

As of 3 June 2010.

Season	League level	Country	Club	First team		Reserve team
				Games	Goals against	Games	Goals against
2000	1		FC Kuressaare	1	1	11
2001				0	0	16
2002	2			0	0	12
2003			HÜJK Emmaste
2003	1		FC Flora Tallinn	1
2004				1		15
2005				8	10	7
2006				15	12	6
2007				30	24	0	0
2008				30	25	0	0
2009				31	29	0	0
2009–10	2		Sheffield United	0	0	—	—

International career

He is a member of the Estonia national football team and he made his national team debut on October 17, 2007 against Montenegro. He played 13 matches for Estonian U21 national football team.

Honours

Club

• JK Tervis Pärnu
  • Estonian Second Division
    • Runners Up: 2003
• FC Flora Tallinn
  • Estonian Top Division
    • Runners Up: 2007, 2008
  • Estonian Cup: 2008, 2009
    • Runners Up: 2006
  • Estonian SuperCup
    • Runners Up: 2006
    • Winner 2009

Individual

• Baltic League Awards – Best Goalkeeper: 2007

Awards
Preceded by Incumbent	Baltic League Goalkeeper of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

1. ^ "Blades sign international 'keeper". Sheffield United. 2010-01-29. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~1949371,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-30. 
2. ^ "Stags take a loan Blade". sufc.co.uk. 2010-10-06. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~2176735,00.html. Retrieved 2010-10-06. 
3. ^ "Aksalu returns to Blades" sufc.co.uk 08-12-2010 Link retrieved 10 December 2010

External links

• Sheffield United profile
• Mihkel Aksalu career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Aksalu, Mihkel
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	7 November 1984
Place of birth	Kuressaare, Estonia
Date of death
Place of death