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Full name
  
Mika Ojala

0000–2000
  
PaiHa

Weight
  
78 kg

Number
  
8

Height
  
1.78 m

Playing position
  
Right winger

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Paimio, Finland

Name
  
Mika Ojala


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Date of birth
  
(1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 (age 27)

Current teams
  
VfR Aalen (#5 / Midfielder), Finland national football team (Midfielder)

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Mika Ojala ([ˈmikɑ ˈojɑlɑ]; (born 21 June 1988) in Paimio, Finland) is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku and represents the Finland national football team. He began his senior club career playing for VG-62, before signing with Inter Turku at age 18 in 2006.

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

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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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He gained his first appearance in Veikkausliiga during season 2006.

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

Häcken

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.

Return to Inter Turku

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

Aalen

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

International career

Ojala was selected in the Finnish national squad by Stuart Baxter in August 2008. He was also a member of 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. 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.

Club

As of 28 January 2017

International

Statistics accurate as of matches played on 24 January 2014

Club

Inter Turku
  • Veikkausliiga: 2008
  • Finnish League Cup: 2008
  • Finnish Cup: 2009
  • Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: August 2008, June 2011, July 2011
  • Veikkausliiga Midfielder of the Year: 2008, 2011, 2012
  • References

    Mika Ojala Wikipedia