Jussi Kujala

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Jussi Kujala
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Kujala with De Graafschap in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-04) 4 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Tampere, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1992–1999 Ilves
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Tampere United 10 (1)
2000–2004 Ajax 0 (0)
2004–2009 Tampere United 119 (8)
2009 TPS 6 (1)
2010–2012 De Graafschap 40 (1)
2012 Ilves 6 (2)
2013–2014 KuPS 29 (0)
2015 Ilves 29 (1)
International career
Finland U21
2004–2009 Finland 5 (0)
Medal record
Tampere United
Bronze medal icon.svgVeikkausliiga 2004
Bronze medal icon.svgVeikkausliiga 2005
Winner Veikkausliiga 2006
Winner Veikkausliiga 2007
Winner Finnish Cup 2007
Winner Finnish League Cup 2009
TPS
Bronze medal icon.svgVeikkausliiga 2009
De Graafschap
Winner Eerste Divisie 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jussi Kujala (born 4 April 1983 in Tampere) is a Finnish former footballer. Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he has since dropped deeper down the field. He was the captain of the Finnish U21 national team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers.

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Club career

Tampere United

Kujala made his debut for United in 2000; he made ten appearances and scored one goal for the team.

Ajax

After Tampere United, he spent four seasons playing in the junior and reserve teams of Ajax.

Return to Tampere United

He returned to Tampere United in 2004. As the club had financial difficulties, in 2009 he was allowed to leave the team.

TPS

He transferred to Turku during the summer 2009 transfer window.

De Graafschap

In January 2010, he left Turku, and signed with Dutch side De Graafschap on a free transfer.

Return to Ilves

In September 2012, Kujala signed a contract with his old junior team Ilves. [1] Ilves was promoted to Ykkönen at the end of the season.

KuPS

On 27 November, KuPS announced that they had signed Kujala for two years. [2]

Ilves and retirement

In January 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Ilves. [3]

He announced his retirement in December 2015. [4]

International career

Kujala made his international debut in Finland's national team in 2004 against Oman.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tampere United 1999 Ykkönen 30–––30
2000 Veikkausliiga 71–––71
Total101000000101
Ajax 2001–02 Eredivisie 0000–0000
2002–03 Eredivisie0000–0000
Tampere United 2004 Veikkausliiga80–––80
2005 Veikkausliiga235––6 [lower-alpha 2] 0295
2006 Veikkausliiga19011–2 [lower-alpha 2] 0221
2007 Veikkausliiga25110–8 [lower-alpha 3] 0341
2008 Veikkausliiga25010–4 [lower-alpha 4] 0300
2009 Veikkausliiga1921090–292
Total119841902001529
TPS 2009 Veikkausliiga61–––61
De Graafschap 2009–10 Eerste Divisie 100–––100
2010–11 Eredivisie17010––180
2011–12 Eredivisie13121––152
Total401310000432
Ilves 2012 Kakkonen 62–––62
KuPS 2013 Veikkausliiga2302081–331
2014 Veikkausliiga60–––60
Total290208100391
Ilves 2015 Veikkausliiga3011060–371
Career total2401410223120029317
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 26 March 2013 [5]
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200620
200700
200810
200910
Total50

Honours

De Graafschap

Tampere United

De Graafschap

Ilves

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References

  1. ↑ "Paluumuuttaja Jussi Kujala vahvistaa Ilvestä nousukarsinnoissa". YLE uutiset (in Finnish). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jussi Kujala liittyi KuPS:n riveihin". KuPS.fi (in Finnish). 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Jussi Kujala palaa kasvattajaseuraansa". ilvesedustus.com (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jalkapallomaajoukkueessa esiintynyt Jussi Kujala, 32, päätti lopettaa uransa". yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jussi Kujala".
  6. ↑ Steenbergen, Mark van (4 April 2020). "Het kampioenschap van 2010 met De Graafschap bezorgt Powel nog steeds kippenvel". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
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