About Ilari Äijälä
3 goals in 21 games (900 minutes) — and no assists — was Ilari Äijälä's 2017 Ykkösliiga return — 0.3 goal involvements per 90. Set beside a cohort of 31 Ykkösliiga defenders with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2017, his goal involvements per 90 placed in the 97th percentile — the top 4% of the group, and 1st of 31 for goals scored.
Split by competition, the league record covers 2 domestic leagues: Veikkausliiga (137 appearances, 16 goals) and Ykkösliiga (21 appearances, 3 goals). 3 of those 9 recorded campaigns ended with 25 league appearances or more. His busiest three-season stretch was 2010–2012: 66 league appearances, 22 a season.