Saku Ylätupa

Ylätupa's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→8), while his Rating eased 27→24. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 23).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Gnistan	13	0	0	6.39	—	—
2025/26	Kalmar FF · 2nd	15	2	0	7.14	24	8
2024/25	Kalmar FF · 15th	8	0	0	6.24	27	0
2023/24	Kalmar FF · 6th	4	0	0	6.6	29	0
2023/24	FC HelsingorLoan	8	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Kalmar FF	2	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	GIF Sundsvall · 16th	27	5	1	6.64	35	23

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Finland · international

Side	Apps	G
Finland	1	0
Finland U21	11	0
Finland U19	8	3
Finland U17	7	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthWinger

S. Ylätupa is a 27-year-old winger at Kalmar FF, rated 26.1 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (43% of available minutes). He brings 0.27 goal contributions per 90 (0.27 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ylätupa.

On the season, Ylätupa graded 15 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 15 appearances (0.274 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26. At 27 Ylätupa is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending down

26.1

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

14.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

43%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.27

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Kalmar FF finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.13

Goals / app

2 goals in 15 appearances (0.13 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 43% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.27 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 26.1 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.27 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %43%

Available fixtures17 of 18

Goals / 900.274

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.274

Defensive actions / 901.505

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %57.1

Dribble success %78.9

Cards / 900.137

Foul involvement / 902.462

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 27, Ylätupa sits on 3.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Ylätupa's projected Rating — 26.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Allsvenskan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Shots on target4

Shots7

Passing

Assists0

Chances created15

Passes309

Possession

Successful dribbles15

Dribble success78.9%

Duels won27

Duels won %26%

Fouls won7

Defending

Interceptions9

Blocks2

Fouls committed11

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

GGnistanDec 2025 – nowFree

Kalmar FFuntil Dec 2025

Free agentDec 2025 – Dec 2025Free

Kalmar FF(back from loan)Jul 2024 – Dec 2025

FFC Helsingor(on loan)Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Kalmar FFJan 2023 – Jan 2024

GIF SundsvallJan 2022 – Jan 2023

AIK Stockholm(back from loan)Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

MMariehamn(on loan)Sept 2020 – Jan 2021

AIK StockholmJan 2019 – Sept 2020

AjaxAug 2017 – Jan 2019

HHJK helsinki(back from loan)Jul 2017 – Aug 2017

RRops(on loan)Mar 2017 – Jul 2017

HHJK helsinkiuntil Mar 2017

About S. Ylätupa

Saku Tuomas Severi Ylätupa is a 27-year-old winger who plays for Kalmar FF, born on August 4, 1999 in Espoo, standing 171 cm tall. He is from Finland. Kalmar FF currently sit 13th of 16 in the Allsvenskan.

This season

In the current season, S. Ylätupa has made 15 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 658 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

S. Ylätupa's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Kalmar FF face Halmstad away in the Allsvenskan.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Ylätupa at 26.1 with a Season form score of 14.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, S. Ylätupa has totalled 184 club appearances with 35 goals and 4 assists for 12 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 27 appearances for GIF Sundsvall.

S. Ylätupa's career has also included time at GGnistan, FFC Helsingor, GIF Sundsvall, AIK Stockholm, MMariehamn, Ajax, HHJK helsinki and RRops.

On the international stage, S. Ylätupa has represented Finland, Finland U21, Finland U19, Finland U17 — 27 caps and 3 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kalmar FF finished 13th of 16 · a lower-table side

Watch points