Jussi Kujala

Jussi Kujala (born 4 April 1983 in Tampere) is a Finnish former footballer. Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he has since dropped deeper down the field. He was the captain of the Finnish U21 national team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers.

Jussi Kujala
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-04) 4 April 1983
Place of birth Tampere, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1992–1999 FC Ilves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Tampere United 10 (1)
2000–2004 Ajax 0 (0)
2004–2009 Tampere United 119 (8)
2009 TPS 6 (6)
2010–2012 De Graafschap 40 (1)
2012 FC Ilves 6 (2)
2013–2014 KuPS 29 (0)
2015 FC Ilves 29 (1)
International career
Finland U21
2004–2009 Finland 5 (0)
Medal record
Tampere United
Third placeVeikkausliiga2004
Third placeVeikkausliiga2005
WinnerVeikkausliiga2006
WinnerVeikkausliiga2007
WinnerFinnish Cup2007
WinnerFinnish League Cup2009
TPS
Third placeVeikkausliiga2009
De Graafschap
WinnerEerste Divisie2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tampere United

Kujala made his debut for United in 2000 and he gained 10 caps and one goal for the team.

Ajax

After Tampere United, he spent four seasons playing in the junior and reserve teams of Ajax Amsterdam.

Return to Tampere United

He returned to Tampere United in 2004. As the club had financial difficulties in 2009 he was allowed to leave the team.

TPS

He transferred to TPS Turku during the summer 2009 transfer window.

De Graafschap

In January 2010 he left TPS Turku and signed with Dutch side De Graafschap on a free transfer.

Return to Ilves

In September 2012, Kujala signed a contract with his old junior team Ilves.[1] Ilves was promoted to Ykkönen at the end of the season.

KuPS

On 27 November Kuopion Palloseura announced that they had signed Kujala for two years.[2]

Ilves and retirement

In January 2015 he signed a one-year contract with FC Ilves.[3]

He announced his retirement in December 2015.[4]

International career

Kujala made his international debut in Finland's national team in 2004 against Oman.

Honours

De Graafschap

Career statistics

International
As of 26 March 2013[6]
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200620
200700
200810
200910
Total50

Club

Tampere United

De Graafschap

Ilves

References
  1. "Paluumuuttaja Jussi Kujala vahvistaa Ilvestä nousukarsinnoissa". YLE uutiset (in Finnish). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. "Jussi Kujala liittyi KuPS:n riveihin". KuPS.fi (in Finnish). 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. "Jussi Kujala palaa kasvattajaseuraansa". ilvesedustus.com (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. "Jalkapallomaajoukkueessa esiintynyt Jussi Kujala, 32, päätti lopettaa uransa". yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. Steenbergen, Mark van (4 April 2020). "Het kampioenschap van 2010 met De Graafschap bezorgt Powel nog steeds kippenvel". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  6. "Jussi Kujala".
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