# Ville Salmikivi

Ville Salmikivi (born 20 May 1992) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

## 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. In 2018, he was loaned out to GKS Jastrzębie.

### Return to Finland

Later he returned to Finland and played for FC Lahti and PK-35.

## Career statistics

    As of 22 May 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 2010 | Ykkönen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Viikingit | 2011 | Ykkönen | 23 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 20 |
| Viikingit | 2012 | Ykkönen | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 7 |
| Viikingit | Total | Total | 49 | 27 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 27 |
| MYPA | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 3 |
| MYPA | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| MYPA | Total | Total | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| Sudet (loan) | 2014 | Kolmonen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| HIFK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 7 |
| HIFK | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 8 |
| HIFK | Total | Total | 49 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 57 | 15 |
| Beroe | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | 2017–18 | I liga | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 |
| GKS Jastrzębie (loan) | 2017–18 | II liga | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Lahti | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lahti | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| Lahti | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| PK-35 | 2020 | Kakkonen | 16 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 |
| PK-35 | 2021 | Ykkönen | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 2 |
| PK-35 | 2022 | Ykkönen | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| PK-35 | Total | Total | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 43 | 8 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 233 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 265 | 60 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
* ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
* 1 2 Includes UEFA Europa League

## Honours

GKS Jastrzębie
* II liga: 2017–18
Individual
* Ykkönen Player of the Month: August 2011