Jukka Santala

Finnish footballer (born 1985)

Jukka Santala
Jukka Santala in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-10) 10 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 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)
2005Partick 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

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]

He has also played for Danish side FC Nordsjælland, Finnish side RoPS and Swedish Superettan side Mjällby AIF.

References

  1. ^ "Veikkausliiga | Santala harjoittelee HJK:n mukana" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Santala moves to Thistle on loan". BBC. 4 August 2005.
  3. ^ "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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