Background
Arkivuo was born in Lahti, Finland where he played for the local teams before moving to Sandefjord.
Arkivuo was born in Lahti, Finland where he played for the local teams before moving to Sandefjord.
Arkivuo plays for Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken and represents Finland national team Football Club Lahti A product of his local Football Club Kuusysi, Arkivuo made his senior debut for Football Club Lahti on 3 May 2001 against Inter. He was able to appear in four league matches during his debut season, scoring once in the process.
Arkivuo went on making in total of 101 league appearances and 12 goals for Lahti during his five-year stay.
Sandefjord On 2006 he signed a three-year contract with Sandefjord in the Norwegian Premier League. Go Ahead Eagles After struggling with injuries and facing a relegation with Sandefjord, Arkivuo left the club and joined the Eerste Divisie side Go Ahead Eagles in 2009.
Häcken During the summer 2010 it was announced that Arkivuo had signed a 1+3 year-contract with Allsvenskan side BK Häcken. After playing 15 times for the Finland U21, Arkivuo made his national team debut on 12 November 2005 in a friendly match against Estonia and went on scoring in the 2−2 home draw.
After appearing mostly in friendlies, Arkivuo was called up by national coach Mixu Paatelainen for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches, where he has been playing as a right back.
He is commonly known by the nickname Arkikari amongst the supporters of Finland national team