Ville Salmikivi

Ville Salmikivi

Ville Salmikivi playing for HIFK in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	PK-35
Number	7
Youth career
1998–1999	HIFK
2000–2010	PK-35
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	PK-35	2	(1)
2011–2012	Viikingit	49	(27)
2013–2014	MyPa	28	(6)
2014	→ Sudet (loan)	1	(1)
2015–2016	HIFK	49	(12)
2017	Beroe Stara Zagora	14	(1)
2017–2018	Olimpia Grudziądz	12	(1)
2018	→ GKS Jastrzębie (loan)	10	(0)
2018–2019	Lahti	29	(0)
2020–	PK-35	31	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2021

Ville Salmikivi (born 20 May 1992) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward for Finnish Ykkönen club PK-35.

Career

Youth career

Salmikivi begun playing football being five years old in HIFK. The youth organisation of HIFK was acquired by PK-35 in 2000, thus he played in PK-35 until the season 2010. He was selected as "The Boy Player of the Year" of the club in 2008.

Viikingit

Salmikivi didn't manage to break through to the first team of PK-35, therefore he moved to FC Viikingit for the season of 2011. In Viikingit he was the top goalscorer of the season 2011 in Ykkönen, scoring 20 goals. The accomplishment earned himself to be "The Footballer of the Season 2011 in Ykkönen", voted by the Federation of Finnish Footballers. During the season 2012, he scored seven times.

MyPa

For the season 2013, he transferred to MyPa. He made his league debut on 14 May 2013 in the opening match against KuPS. He continued to play for MyPa in 2014.

HIFK

For the season 2015, he made a contract with HIFK.

Beroe

On 3 February 2017 Salmikivi joined Beroe Stara Zagora of the Bulgarian First League. He made his debut in the league on February 17, scoring one goal for the 4-0 thrashing over Dunav Ruse at home. He left Beroe on 9 June 2017.

Olimpia Grudziądz

On 13 July 2017, Salmikivi signed with I liga side Olimpia Grudziądz.