# Tuomas Aho

Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made 371 appearances in the Veikkausliiga, and had a short stint abroad with Danish Superliga club AGF.

## Career
### Early years

Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and FC Kuusankoski. He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season.
He made his debut in the Veikkausliiga on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against FC Jazz. He won the Finnish Cup with the club in 2004.

### AGF

On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with Danish Superliga club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired. He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as an substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over Nordsjælland. He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB.

### Return to Finland

Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK. He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008. He served as club captain of both HJK and MyPa.
On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with HIFK, who were newly promoted to the top division.

## Personal life

Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä.

## Career statistics

    As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League cup | League cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Kuusankoski | 1998 | Kakkonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| MYPA | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| MYPA | 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| MYPA | Total | Total | 110 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 4 |
| Kuusankoski (loan) | 2002 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| AGF | 2004–05 | Danish Superliga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| AGF | 2005–06 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| AGF | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| HJK | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| HJK | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| HJK | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| HJK | Total | Total | 59 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| Klubi 04 | 2007 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| MYPA | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| MYPA | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| MYPA | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 |
| MYPA | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| MYPA | Total | Total | 142 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 5 |
| HIFK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 |
| HIFK | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| HIFK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| HIFK | Total | Total | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 391 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 448 | 12 |
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

## Honours

MyPa
* Finnish Cup: 2004
HJK
* Finnish Cup: 2006, 2008