Miska Ylitolva

Miska Ylitolva (born 23 May 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club KTP, on loan from HJK.[1]

Miska Ylitolva
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-23) 23 May 2004
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 KTP (on loan from HJK)
Youth career
FC Santa Claus
RoPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 RoPS II 23 (2)
2021 RoPS 17 (0)
2022– HJK 8 (0)
2022– → Klubi 04 9 (0)
2023– → KTP (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2019 Finland U16 6 (0)
2021 Finland U18 1 (0)
2022 Finland U19 1 (0)
2023– Finland U21 6 (1)
2022– Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

Ylitolva began playing football at age 10 for Rovaniemi side FC Santa Claus. Later he joined another local club RoPS where he made his senior debut in 2020 at age 16 playing for their reserve team in third tier Kakkonen. In 2021 he was promoted to the RoPS first team playing in second tier Ykkönen.[2][3]

In January 2022 Ylitolva signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga side HJK.[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 2 April 2022 against Honka.[5] On 9 May 2022, Ylitolva signed an updated contract until the end of 2024 season.[6]

International career

Ylitolva made his international debut on senior level for Finland on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Iceland.[7][8] He has also played for Finland on U16 and U18 levels.

References
  1. Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. "Kuka kumma on Huuhkajiin täysin yllättäen nimetty 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva? "Minua ei jalkapallo aluksi edes kiinnostanut"". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. "Rähmät silmistä: Kuka oikein on Huuhkajiin valittu 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva?". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. "Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja HJK:n organisaatioon". hjk.fi (in Finnish). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. "Mestarisuosikki HJK avasi kauden voitolla huipputuomari Gestraniuksen jäähyväisottelussa – KuPS kukisti kotonaan Interin". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. "HJK ja Miska Ylitolva tekivät uuden sopimuksen" (in Finnish). HJK. 9 May 2022.
  7. STT (26 March 2022). "Miska Ylitolva Huuhkajien avauksessa Islantia vastaan - historian toiseksi nuorin A-maajoukkuepelaaja". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Murcia. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. Wendt, Jonas von (26 March 2022). "Pukkis mål gav oavgjort mot Island". HBL (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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