{{short description|Puerto Rican footballer (born 1994)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Alex Oikkonen |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Alex Kristopher Oikkonen |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|15|df=y}} |birth_place = Joutseno, Finland |height = 1.83 m<ref name="NFT"/> |position = Attacking midfielder |currentclub = OTP |clubnumber = 23 |youthyears1 = 2006–2008 |youthclubs1 = Kultsu |youthyears2 = 2009–2010 |youthclubs2 = IPS |youthyears3 = 2012–2013 |youthclubs3 = FC Dallas |years1 = 2011–2013 |clubs1 = Bayamón |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2013–2014 |clubs2 = Martos |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2014 |clubs3 = MYPA |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2014 |clubs4 = → Kultsu (loan) |caps4 = 18 |goals4 = 3 |years5 = 2015–2017 |clubs5 = Kultsu |caps5 = 26 |goals5 = 6 |years6 = 2018 |clubs6 = PEPO |caps6 = 21 |goals6 = 3 |years7 = 2019 |clubs7 = Kajaani |caps7 = 13 |goals7 = 0 |years8 = 2020 |clubs8 = North Shore United |caps8 = 1 |goals8 = 0 |years9 = 2020 |clubs9 = PEPO |caps9 = 10 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2021– |clubs10 = OTP |caps10 = 5 |goals10 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2011– |nationalteam1 = Puerto Rico |nationalcaps1 = 11 |nationalgoals1 = 2 |club-update = 18:45, 11 June 2021 (UTC) |ntupdate = 18:45, 11 June 2021 (UTC) }} '''Alex Kristopher Oikkonen''' (born 15 October 1994) is a Puerto Rican international footballer who plays as a midfielder for OTP.
==Early and personal life== Oikkonen was born in Joutseno, Finland.<ref name = "SW"/><ref name = "NFT"/> His father is Finnish and his mother is Puerto Rican.<ref name = "MYPA"/>
==Club career== Oikkonen has played club football in Puerto Rico, Spain and Finland for Bayamón, Martos, MYPA and Kultsu.<ref name = "SW">{{soccerway|alex-oikkonen/218295|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref><ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=45626|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref><ref name = "MYPA">{{cite web|url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/futbol/nota/boricuafichadoeneuropa-991586/|title=Boricua fichado en Europa|date=22 February 2014|accessdate=3 March 2014|language=es|publisher=Primera Hora}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://palloverkko.palloliitto.fi/Live/stats/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerID=2728414|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130824161639/http://palloverkko.palloliitto.fi/Live/stats/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerID=2728414|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2013|title=Profile|accessdate=28 June 2014|language=Finnish|publisher=Suomen Palloliitto}}</ref>
==International career== He made his senior international debut for Puerto Rico in 2011,<ref name = "NFT"/> and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|349303}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 9 September 2012 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|VIN}} || align=center | '''7'''–0 || align=center | 9–0 || 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification |- | 2. || 7 September 2014 || Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico || {{fb|GRN}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 2–2 || 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oikkonen, Alex}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Puerto Rican men's footballers Category:21st-century Puerto Rican sportsmen Category:Puerto Rico men's international footballers Category:Bayamón Fútbol Club players Category:Martos CD footballers Category:Kultsu FC players Category:Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Category:Veikkausliiga players Category:Kakkonen players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Puerto Rican expatriate men's footballers Category:Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Australia Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Category:Finnish people of Puerto Rican descent Category:Puerto Rican people of Finnish descent Category:AC Kajaani players Category:PEPO Lappeenranta players Category:Oulun Työväen Palloilijat players Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Footballers from South Karelia Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
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