Personal information | |||
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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(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tromsø | ||
Number | 16 | ||
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– | Tromsø | 13 | (0) |
2023– | → Tromsø 2 | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Finland U16 | 6 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Finland U19 [1] | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Finland U21 | 6 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 Eliteserien club Tromsø.
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. [2]
On 13 March 2023, Koskela joined Norwegian club Tromsø on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee. [3] [4] He made his debut for the side on 19 March 2023, in a 2–3 Norwegian Cup loss (a.e.t) to Lillestrøm. [5] 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. [6]
Koskela is a regular youth international and has represented Finland at various youth national team levels. [7]
Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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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 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
AC Oulu | 2019 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2020 | Ykkönen | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
2022 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 58 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | ||
Tromsø | 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2024 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Tromsø 2 | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 96 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 4 |
AC Oulu
Tromsø
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