Juha Hakola

Juha Hakola
	Juha Hakola with VPS in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Juha Pekka Hakola
Date of birth	27 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Grankulla IFK
Number	7
Youth career
0000−2006	HJK Helsinki
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Klubi 04
2007–2008	Flora
2009–2010	Heracles Almelo
2010–2011	Willem II
2011–2013	Ferencváros
2013	KuPS
2014	Aris Limassol
2014–2016	KuPS
2017–2018	VPS
2019	Honka
2020–	GrIFK
International career‡
2007–2008	Finland U21
2007–2009	Finland U23
2009–	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2009

Last updated November 09, 2024

Juha Pekka Hakola (born 27 October 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Grankulla IFK in the Kakkonen.

Club career

Hakola played two seasons for FC Flora Tallinn. Hakola was named the Meistriliiga Footballer of the Year for his performances for Flora in 2007. In 2007, he also went on trial with RCD Espanyol. On 30 December it was announced that Hakola signed a 1.5-year contract with Heracles Almelo in the Dutch Eredivisie.^[2] He made his league debut for the new team on 17 January 2009 against ADO Den Haag. Hakola scored his first goal in Eredivisie from a freekick on 19 April 2009 against NAC Breda.

On 25 June 2010 Hakola signed a 2+1 year contract with Willem II.^[3] Next summer however, following Willem's relegation from Eredivisie, Hakola left the club and signed a two-year contract with Ferencváros in Hungary.

In 2013, he had a brief stint in his home country, playing for KuPS. Next year, Hakola signed a contract with Aris Limassol.

Hakola signed with FC Honka for the 2019 season. The deal was announced already on 15 November 2018.^[4]

In June 2020, Hakola signed with Grankulla IFK.^[5]

International career

Hakola was nominated for the Finland national football team on 5 February 2009^[6] for a friendly international match with Portugal, he entered as a substitute late in the game. He had been a member of the under 21 national team, and also has one cap for the under 23 team.

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Klubi 04	2006	Ykkönen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Flora	2007	Meistriliiga	30	14	1	2	–		1^[b]	0	32	16
	2008	Meistriliiga	34	11	0	0	–		2^[b]	0	36	11
	Total		64	25	1	2	–	–	3	0	68	27
Heracles Almelo	2008–09	Eredivisie	14	1	–		–		–		14	1
	2009–10	Eredivisie	19	0	2	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		33	1	2	0	–	–	–	–	35	1
Willem II	2010–11	Eredivisie	17	3	–		–		–		17	3
Ferencváros	2011–12	NB I	19	3	2	0	–		–		21	3
	2012–13	NB I	11	1	0	0	4	0	–		15	1
	Total		30	4	2	0	–	–	–	–	32	4
Ferencváros II	2012–13	NB II	4	1	–		–		–		4	1
KuPS	2013	Veikkausliiga	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5
Aris Limassol	2013–14	Cypriot First Division	11	1	2	0	–		–		13	1
KuPS	2014	Veikkausliiga	7	1	–		–		–		7	1
	2015	Veikkausliiga	9	2	2	1	0	0	–		11	3
	2016	Veikkausliiga	29	2	2	1	4	1	–		35	4
	Total		42	5	4	2	4	1	–	–	50	8
VPS	2017	Veikkausliiga	33	3	6	1	–		4^[c]	0	43	4
	2018	Veikkausliiga	30	6	5	3	–		–		35	9
	Total		63	9	11	4	–	–	4	0	78	13
Honka	2019	Veikkausliiga	24	5	7	2	–		–		31	7
GrIFK	2020	Kakkonen	11	1	–		–		–		11	1
	2021	Kakkonen	12	2	–		–		–		12	2
	2022	Kakkonen	10	3	1	0	–		–		11	3
	2023	Kakkonen	10	1	1	0	–		–		11	1
	2024	Kakkonen	5	3	0	0	–		–		50	10
	Total		48	10	2	0	–	–	4	0	78	13
Career total			361	69	32	10	8	1	7	0	408	80

↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Estonian Cup, KNVB Beker and Hungarian Cup
1 2 Includes UEFA Cup
↑ Includes UEFA Europa League

Honours

Ferencváros

Hungarian League Cup (1): 2012–13

Individual

Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season: 2007

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References

↑ "A Ferencvárosi Torna Club hivatalos honlapja - Official site of Ferencváros Budapest". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ "De Bruijn Media Language Tools 2007". Elfmagazine.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Lasnik en Hakola naar Willem II (in Dutch)
↑ Hongan sopimustilanne kaudelle 2019 hyvällä mallilla Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine , esporthonka.fi, 15 November 2018
↑ "Juha Hakola Grankulla IFK:hon - Juha Hakola förstärker GrIFK". GrIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). 5 June 2020.
↑ "Suomen Palloliitto – Artikkeliarkisto". Palloliitto.fi. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

External links

Juha Hakola stats at Finnish FA
"Finnish FA profile" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
Juha Hakola at National-Football-Teams.com
"Heracles profile" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
Juha Hakola at Soccerway

Awards
Preceded by Marek Lemsalu	Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season 2007	Succeeded by Martin Vunk

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[7] Includes Suomen Cup, Estonian Cup, KNVB Beker and Hungarian Cup

[uc-8] 1 2 Includes UEFA Cup

[uel-9] Includes UEFA Europa League

[1] "A Ferencvárosi Torna Club hivatalos honlapja - Official site of Ferencváros Budapest". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2011.

[2] "De Bruijn Media Language Tools 2007". Elfmagazine.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] Lasnik en Hakola naar Willem II (in Dutch)

[4] Hongan sopimustilanne kaudelle 2019 hyvällä mallilla Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine , esporthonka.fi, 15 November 2018

[5] "Juha Hakola Grankulla IFK:hon - Juha Hakola förstärker GrIFK". GrIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). 5 June 2020.

[6] "Suomen Palloliitto – Artikkeliarkisto". Palloliitto.fi. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

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