| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miika Juho Sakari Koskela | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Haugesund | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ajax-Sarkkiranta | |||
| –2016 | ORPa | ||
| 2017 | OTP | ||
| 2018–2020 | OLS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | AC Oulu | 56 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | → OLS (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Tromsø | 13 | (0) |
| 2023 | Tromsø 2 | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | → AC Oulu (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Haugesund (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2026– | Haugesund | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Finland U16 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Finland U19 [1] | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Finland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 September 2023 | |||
Miika Juho Sakari Koskela (born 12 July 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Haugesund. [2]
Born in Oulu and raised in Kempele, Koskela started his professional career at his home-town club AC Oulu in 2019. While featuring for the club's reserve team, OLS, he made his first-team debut later in the same year. [3]
On 13 March 2023, Koskela joined Norwegian club Tromsø on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee. [4] [5] He made his debut for the side on 19 March 2023, in a 2–3 Norwegian Cup loss (a.e.t) to Lillestrøm. [6] He made his Eliteserien debut on 10 April 2023, in a 1–0 home win against Molde, coming in from the bench for the final minutes as a substitute to Christophe Psyché. [7]
Koskela struggled with injuries and was out of play for all of the 2024 season for Tromsø. [8] When he finally was fit to play again in early 2025, Koskela was loaned out to his former club AC Oulu. [9] The loan, originally lasting until 21 July, was extended an additional week, and ended on 28 July. [10] Koskela played eighteen games, and scored three times. [11]
After Koskela returned from AC Oulu it was reported that he would be loaned out again. The confirmation came on 2 August, as fellow Eliteserien club Haugesund loaned Koskela for the remainder of the 2025 season. [12]
After the season, Tromsø decided to buy Troy Nyhammer from Haugeund, and as a part of the deal Koskela went the other way, making him a permanent Haugesund player. He signed a two-year contract with the newly relegated club. [13]
Between 2018 and 2023, Koskela was a regular youth international and represented Finland at various youth national team levels. [14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| OLS | 2019 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| AC Oulu | 2019 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [c] | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 4 | ||
| Tromsø | 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Tromsø 2 | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| AC Oulu (loan) | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |
| Haugesund (loan) | 2025 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 7 | ||
AC Oulu
