Jukka Santala
Jukka Santala (born 10 September 1985) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a striker. He returned to Finland after few years playing abroad. He had a trial with the Finnish Veikkausliiga side HJK Helsinki.,[1] but he chose to take a contract from FC Haka. While contracted to Rangers in Scotland he spent a short period at Partick Thistle.[2] He left Rangers in January 2006 to join Nordsjælland.[3]
 Jukka Santala in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| HJK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Jokerit | 9 | (1) |
| 2004 | HJK | 12 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 17 | (9) |
| 2006–2009 | Nordsjælland | 30 | (11) |
| 2009 | Mjällby | 7 | (2) |
| 2010 | Haka | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | RoPS | 7 | (3) |
| 2011 | FC KooTeePee | 23 | (13) |
| 2012 | PK-35 | 23 | (9) |
| 2013 | KTP | 17 | (8) |
| 2014 | PK-35 | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 157 | (60) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He has also played for Danish side FC Nordsjælland, Finnish side RoPS and Swedish Superettan side Mjällby AIF.
References
- "Veikkausliiga | Santala harjoittelee HJK:n mukana" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- "Santala moves to Thistle on loan". BBC. 4 August 2005.
- "Santala quits Ibrox for Denmark". BBC. 27 January 2006.
External links
- FC Nordsjælland profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 July 2011)
- Official Danish Superliga player statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
- Jukka Santala at DR (in Danish) (archived)
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