Kristian Kojola

Kristian Kojola (born 12 September 1986) is a retired Finnish professional football central defender.[4] Kojola started his senior career in Espoo, Finland where he played for the local team FC Espoo before moving to FC Hämeenlinna. He also represented the Finnish national football team.[5]

Kristian Kojola
Personal information
Full name Kristian Jani-Petteri Kojola
Date of birth (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Central Defender[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 FC Espoo 31 (4)
2005AC Allianssi (loan) 14 (1)
2007–2008 FC Hämeenlinna 26 (0)
2008–2009 FF Jaro[3] 43 (2)
2010 Tampere United 21 (4)
2011–2012 IFK Mariehamn 61 (3)
2013–2014 Hallescher FC 36 (1)
2014–2018 IFK Mariehamn 137 (8)
International career
2002–2003 Finland U-17 11 (0)
2017 Finland 1 (0)
Medal record
Hallescher FC
Runner-upSaxony-Anhalt Cup2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He retired after the 2018 season.[6]

Club career

Early career

Kojola started his senior career in 2003 in FC Espoo. During season 2005 he made his Veikkausliiga debut in AC Allianssi. Between 2005 and 2007 he represented FC Hämeenlinna. He made his Veikkausliiga break through in 2008 when he gained 16 caps in FF Jaro.[7] He transferred to Tampere United for the season 2010. In the end of 2010 Tampere United was excluded from participating in Finnish football and Kojola moved to IFK Mariehamn.

IFK Mariehamn

He gained 61 caps and scored 3 goals for IFK Mariehamn between 2011 and 2012.

Hallescher FC

Kojola spent season 2013–2014 in German Hallescher FC. He made 36 appearances and scored one goal.

Return to IFK Mariehamn

After his contract with Hallescher expired in 2014 he returned to IFK Mariehamn for the end of 2014 Veikkausliiga season. They won the 2015 Finnish Cup before claiming the 2016 Veikkausliiga title. In Kojola's final season at the team he also served as the team captain.

International career

Kojola played with the Finland national under-17 football team at 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.[8]

Honours

Club

Hallescher FC
IFK Mariehamn

Individual

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 January 2021[9]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Espoo
2003 Kakkonen 1010000101
2004 Kakkonen 2020000202
2005 Kakkonen 40000040
2006 Kakkonen 1310000131
FC Espoo Total 4740000474
Allianssi 2005 Veikkausliiga 20000022
FC Hämeenlinna
2005 Ykkönen 1400000140
2006 Ykkönen 71000071
2007 Ykkönen 2520000252
FC Hämeenlinna Total 4630000463
Jaro
2008 Veikkausliiga 1600000160
2009 Veikkausliiga 2620000262
Jaro Total 4220000422
Tampere United
2010 Veikkausliiga 2145000264
2011 Veikkausliiga 00820082
Tampere United Total 21413200346
IFK Mariehamn
2011 Veikkausliiga 2820000282
2012 Veikkausliiga 3217000381
IFK Mariehamn Total 6037000673
Hallescher FC
2012–13 3. Liga 1600000160
2013–14 3. Liga 2011000211
Hallescher Total 3611000371
IFK Mariehamn
2014 Veikkausliiga 1111000121
2015 Veikkausliiga 30110200403
2016 Veikkausliiga 3316020411
2017 Veikkausliiga 3336020413
2018 Veikkausliiga 3025000352
IFK Mariehamn Total 13782824016910
Career Total 389254944044229

References

  1. "FF Jaro Profile". Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. "Kristian Kojola, IFKMariehamn, Central Defender". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. Guardian Football Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Kristian Kojola" (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn Fotboll. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. Kristian Kojola at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. Uransa lopettanut Kristian Kojola: "Jäljelle jää vain ylpeys", sportti.com, 17 November 2018
  7. "FF Jaro Profile". Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  8. 2003 Finland FIFA World Cup
  9. "Finland - K. Kojola - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
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