Jukka Santala

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Jukka Santala
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Jukka Santala in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-10) 10 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 Jokerit 9 (1)
2004 HJK 12 (2)
2004–2006 Rangers 0 (0)
2005 → Partick 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)
Total157(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.

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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.


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