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Mika Ojala
Ojala with Inter Turku
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Paimio, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1998–2000 PaiHa
2001–2005 Inter Turku
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 VG-62 39 (8)
2006–2012 Inter Turku 175 (53)
2013 BK Häcken 21 (0)
2014–2015 Inter Turku 33 (10)
2015–2017 VfR Aalen 47 (10)
2017–2019 Inter Turku 64 (10)
International career‡
2007–2010 Finland U21 17 (2)
2010–2014 Finland 9 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 SJK II (assistant)
2023 SJK II (interim)
2023 SJK II (assistant)
Medal record
Finland national football team
Second place Baltic Cup 2012
Inter Turku
Second place Finnish League Cup 2007
First place Veikkausliiga 2008
First place Finnish League Cup 2008
First place Finnish Cup 2009
Second place Veikkausliiga 2011
Second place Veikkausliiga 2012
Second place Finnish Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2015

Mika Ojala (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmikɑ ˈʔojɑlɑ]; born 21 June 1988) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] He began his senior club career playing for VG-62, before signing with Inter Turku at age 18 in 2006.

Ojala made his international debut for Finland in January 2010, at the age of 21.

Club career

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VG-62

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Ojala started his football career in Paimion Haka and later moved to Inter Turku's junior system. He made his debut on senior level at the age of 16 in Inter Turku's reserve team VG-62.

Inter Turku

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Ojala gained his first appearance in Veikkausliiga during season 2006.

On 17 November 2008, he joined the Dutch club Heerenveen for a one-week-trial together with Wilhelm Ingves from IFK Mariehamn.[2] He visited FC Zürich in 2006.

Häcken

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On 9 November 2012, after his contract with Inter had expired, it was announced that Ojala had signed a three-year contract with Swedish topflight club BK Häcken, joining with compatriot Kari Arkivuo.[3]

Return to Inter Turku

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He returned to Inter Turku in February 2014 when he signed a contract for season 2014.

VfR Aalen

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In the beginning of July 2015 Ojala transferred to German 3. Liga side VfR Aalen.

International career

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Ojala was selected in the Finland national squad by Stuart Baxter in August 2008. He was also called up in the U21 squad that reached the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Ojala made his national team debut on 18 January 2010 as he came from the bench to replace Roni Porokara in friendly match against South Korea at Málaga, Spain where Finland had winter training camp.[4] Ojala gained his second appearance for the national team on 10 August 2011 at Skonto Stadium in a friendly match against Latvia when he and Timo Furuholm replaced Teemu Pukki and Mika Ääritalo as forwards.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 28 January 2017[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cups Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Turku 2006 Veikkausliiga 20 0 0 0 – 20 0
2007 Veikkausliiga 24 4 0 0 – 24 4
2008 Veikkausliiga 26 8 0 0 – 26 8
2009 Veikkausliiga 22 7 0 0 2 0 24 7
2010 Veikkausliiga 23 6 9 1 1 0 33 7
2011 Veikkausliiga 32 16 7 5 – 39 21
2012 Veikkausliiga 28 12 9 3 2 0 39 15
Total 175 53 25 9 5 0 205 62
Häcken 2013 Allsvenskan 21 0 2 0 2 0 25 0
Inter Turku 2014 Veikkausliiga 16 6 6 0 – 22 6
2015 Veikkausliiga 14 4 7 3 – 21 7
Total 30 10 13 3 0 0 43 13
VfR Aalen 2015–16 3. Liga 21 5 1 0 – 22 5
2016–17 3. Liga 26 5 2 0 – 28 5
Total 47 10 3 0 0 0 50 10
Inter Turku 2017 Veikkausliiga 13 1 – – 13 1
2018 Veikkausliiga 27 3 6 0 – 33 3
2019 Veikkausliiga 24 6 2 0 1 0 27 6
Total 64 10 8 0 1 0 73 10
Career total 337 85 49 9 8 0 396 92

International

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As of matches played on 24 January 2014[6][8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2010 1 0
2011 1 0
2012 4 0
2013 2 0
2014 1 0
Total 9 0

Honours

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Inter Turku

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Mika Ojala" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ Trial at Heerenveen
  3. ^ Mika Ojala siirtyy Ruotsiin Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  4. ^ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Näin Huuhkaijen Latvia-ottelu eteni" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Mika Ojala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Finland - M. Ojala - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  8. ^ Palloliitto
  9. ^ Kuukauden valmentaja ja pelaaja kohtaavat perjantaina Archived 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  10. ^ Ojalalle toinen titteli peräkkäin Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  11. ^ Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty (in Finnish)
  12. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
  13. ^ Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)
  14. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
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