Jussi Kujala

Jussi Kujala
Personal information
Date of birth	4 April 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1992–1999	Ilves
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Tampere United
2000–2004	Ajax
2004–2009	Tampere United
2009	TPS
2010–2012	De Graafschap
2012	Ilves
2013–2014	KuPS
2015	Ilves
International career
	Finland U21
2004–2009	Finland
Medal record
Tampere United
TPS
De Graafschap
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated December 26, 2023

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.

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.

Honours

De Graafschap

Eerste Divisie: 2009–10 ^[5]

Career statistics

International

As of 26 March 2013^[6]

Year	Apps	Goals
Finland national team
2004	1	0
2005	0	0
2006	2	0
2007	0	0
2008	1	0
2009	1	0
Total	5	0

Club

Tampere United

De Graafschap

Eerste Divisie: 2009–10

Ilves

Kakkonen: 2012

Related Research Articles

VBV De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.

Niklas Henrikki Tarvajärvi is a retired Finnish professional footballer who played as a striker.

Jarkko Wiss is a Finnish football coach and a former player.

Muslu Nalbantoğlu is a Dutch footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a right-back for APWC in the Derde Klasse.

Tomi Petrescu, is a Finnish professional football winger and attacking midfielder who plays for Finnish club Jyväskylä Blackbird and has represented Finland national under-21 football team. Petrescu was born in Jyväskylä, Finland where he played for the local JJK youth team before moving to Leicester City F.C.

Ats Purje is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tallinna Kalev.

Lasse Schöne is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and captains for Eredivisie club NEC. A versatile player, Schöne has been deployed as a box-to-box midfielder, holding midfielder or winger in his career. He is known for his set piece abilities.

Niklas Kristian Moisander is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swedish club Malmö FF. Moisander was born in Turku, where he played for the local TPS youth team before moving to AFC Ajax. Following a one-season stay at Sampdoria, he spent five years at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. He is the twin brother of goalkeeper Henrik Moisander, and is a former captain of the Finland national team.

The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the 79th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.

Henri Toivomäki is a Finnish former professional footballer, who last played as a defender for KuPS. He previously played for Sarpsborg 08, FC Lahti, Atalanta, FC Hämeenlinna, AFC Ajax and Almere City FC.

The 2014 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 106th competitive season. HJK is the most successful Finnish football club with 26 Finnish Championships, 11 Finnish Cup titles, 4 Finnish League Cup titles and one appearance in the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.

The 2015 Finnish League Cup is the 19th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. SJK are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.

The 2015 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 8th competitive season, during which they won their first Veikkausliiga title.

The 2013 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 105th competitive season. HJK is the most successful Finnish football club with 25 Finnish Championships, 11 Finnish Cup titles, 4 Finnish League Cup titles and one appearance in the UEFA Champions League Group Stages.

The 2016 Finnish Cup(Suomen Cup) is the 62nd season of the Finnish Cup. 125 clubs entered the competition.

The 2015 season is RoPS's 3rd Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.

Rick Ketting is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Finland.

Timo Stavitski is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.

Mees Bakker is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.

References

↑ "Paluumuuttaja Jussi Kujala vahvistaa Ilvestä nousukarsinnoissa". YLE uutiset (in Finnish). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ Steenbergen, Mark van (4 April 2020). "Het kampioenschap van 2010 met De Graafschap bezorgt Powel nog steeds kippenvel". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
↑ "Jussi Kujala".

External links

Jussi Kujala at De Graafschap at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 January 2012)(in Dutch)
Jussi Kujala – UEFA competition record ( archive )
Jussi Kujala at National-Football-Teams.com
Jussi Kujala at Soccerway
Player stats - Voetbal International

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[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.

[dg1-5] Steenbergen, Mark van (4 April 2020). "Het kampioenschap van 2010 met De Graafschap bezorgt Powel nog steeds kippenvel". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).

[6] "Jussi Kujala".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]