Mats Gustafsson (footballer)

Last updated

Mats Gustafsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-12) 12 December 1975 (age 47)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1997 Sund IF
1997–2005 Inter Turku 178 (23)
2006–2007 IFK Mariehamn 41 (0)
Total219(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats Gustafsson (born 12 December 1975) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a right-back for Finnish clubs IFK Mariehamn and FC Inter Turku. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Gustafsson is a Swedish-speaking Finn from Åland. [3] [2] He moved to FC Inter Turku from Finnish fourth-tier side Sund IF in 1997. [2] He missed the beginning of 2002 season the due to an ankle injury. [4] Having previously played as a striker, he was converted into a right-back in the 2002 season. [2] He played 178 league matches scoring 23 goals for Inter Turku. [5]

In October 2005 it was announced he would join IFK Mariehamn from Inter Turku for the 2006 season. [3] He signed a three-year contract. [3] He made 41 league appearances for IFK Mariehamn. [5]

Gustafsson announced his retirement from playing in November 2007 at the age of 31, with two years left on his contract with IFK Mariehamn. [5]

Personal life

Originally a construction worker, Gustafsson graduated from Åbo Akademi University with a degree in Economics in 2004. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Turun Palloseura</span> Finnish football club

Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland. During the 2022 season, the men's first team of the club competes in Ykkönen, the second highest tier of men's football, and the women's representative team in the Kansallinen Liiga, the highest level of women's football in Finland. Nicknamed "Tepsi", the club was founded in 1922.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Enckelman</span> Finnish footballer (born 1977)

Peter Mikael Enckelman is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Enckelman represented Finland and previously played for TPS Turku, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City, St Johnstone and Heart of Midlothian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominic Chatto</span> Nigerian football midfielder

Dominic Chatto Bashir Jamilu is a retired Nigerian football midfielder. He has played three times in Nigerian youth teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wilhelm Ingves</span> Finnish footballer (born 1990)

Wilhelm Ingves is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mika Ojala</span> Finnish footballer (born 1988)

Mika Ojala is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He began his senior club career playing for VG-62, before signing with Inter Turku at age 18 in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akseli Pelvas</span> Finnish footballer (born 1989)

Akseli Pelvas is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker.

Joni Ensio Kauko is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finland national team. Kauko was born in Turku, Finland where he played for the local youth teams before starting his senior career in Inter Turku at age 17 in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timo Furuholm</span> Finnish footballer (born 1987)

Timo Furuholm is a Finnish former professional football forward. Furuholm was born in Pori, Finland where he started his senior career in local FC Jazz. He made his Veikkausliiga debut at age 15 in 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petteri Forsell</span> Finnish footballer (born 1990)

Jani Petteri Forsell is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Inter Turku. He made ten appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.

Walter Viitala is a Finnish footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Inter Turku.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diego Assis (footballer, born 1987)</span> Brazilian footballer

Diego Assis Figueiredo is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

The 2014 Finnish League Cup will be the 18th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Lahti are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaan Kairinen</span> Finnish footballer (born 1998)

Kasper Kaan Kairinen is a Finnish footballer currently playing for Czech First League club Sparta Prague. He was born to a Turkish father and a Finnish mother in Turku.

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.

The 2017 Veikkausliiga was the 87th season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn were the defending champions.

The 2016–17 Finnish Cup(Suomen Cup) was the 62nd season of the Finnish Cup. It was the first edition of the tournament to be played on a fall-spring schedule, running from July to September of the following year. The introduction of this new competition format meant that the Finnish League Cup was discontinued.

The 2012 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 104th 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 2019 Finnish Cup was the 64th season of the Finnish Cup football competition.

The 2019 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 111th competitive season.

The 2019 season was FC Honka's 11th season in the Veikkausliiga. On 3 November 2019, Honka secured a spot in the Europa League 2020–21 first round of qualification by winning IFK Mariehamn 3 - 1 on aggregate in the European competition play-off finals.

References

  1. 1 2 Mats Gustafsson at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Welling, Jari (25 September 2004). "Rakennusmies Gustafssonista tuli mantereella jalkapalloilija" [Builder Gustafsson became a football player on the mainland]. Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mats Gustafsson IFK Mariehamniin" [Mats Gustafsson to IFK Mariehamn]. Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 24 October 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ankle injury rules out Gustafsson". UEFA. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mats Gustafssonin jalkapalloura ohitse" [Mats Gustafsson's football career is over]. Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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.