Mika Kottila

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Mika Kottila
Personal information
Full name Mika Antero Kottila
Date of birth (1974-09-22) 22 September 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993 Helsingin Ponnistus 26 (8)
1994–1995 HJK 33 (6)
1996 RoPS 14 (2)
1996–1997 Hereford United 13 (1)
1997–1998 HJK 51 (8)
1999 Brann [1] 13 (1)
2000–2001 Trelleborg 45 (9)
2002–2004 HJK 74 (33)
2005–2006 Lahti 32 (6)
International career
1998–2004 Finland 31 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mika Antero Kottila, nicknamed Hirvi, (born 22 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional footballer. He played as a forward and spent the vast majority of his career playing in Nordic countries. [2] [3]

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Club career

Kottila was born in Vantaa, Finland. He joined RoPS in 1992. He had a spell on loan at Hereford United during the 1996–97 season. He made 13 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.

He then joined HJK Helsinki for the second of three spells, having previously played for the club during the 1994 season. He made 157 appearances and scored 56 goals for the club during his three spells. The top moment of his career came when he scored two goals for HJK in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.

He joined a Norwegian Tippeligaen club SK Brann for a €500,000 transfer fee, where he was in the 1999 season, [1] and then Sweden to play for Trelleborgs FF. A third spell at HJK followed between 2002 and 2004. He also featured in the 2004 UEFA Champions League playing against the likes of Linfield and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the qualifying rounds.

Between 2005 and 2006 he played for FC Lahti in the Finnish Premier Division.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024. [4] [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MPS 1991 Kolmonen
1992Kolmonen
Total372100003721
Ponnistus 1992 Kakkonen 268––268
HJK 1994 Veikkausliiga 122–2 [lower-alpha 2] 1143
1995 Veikkausliiga214–3 [lower-alpha 3] 2246
Total3360053389
RoPS 1996 Veikkausliiga142––142
Hereford United 1996–97 Third Division 131––131
HJK 1997 Veikkausliiga257–2 [lower-alpha 2] 0277
1998 Veikkausliiga261109 [lower-alpha 4] 2363
Total518101126310
Brann 1999 Tippeligaen 13122–153
Brann 2 1999 2. divisjon 10––10
Trelleborg 2000 Allsvenskan 237––237
2001 Allsvenskan222––222
Total4590000459
HJK 2002 Veikkausliiga2918–2 [lower-alpha 5] 03118
2003 Veikkausliiga2311104 [lower-alpha 4] 12812
2004 Veikkausliiga227–4 [lower-alpha 4] 2269
Total7436101028538
Lahti 2005 Veikkausliiga254––254
2006 Veikkausliiga72––72
Total3260000326
Career total3399742267369106
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearancess in UEFA Euro Cup

International career

He was capped 31 times for Finland, scoring 6 goals between 1998 and 2004.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. p. 252. ISBN   978-82-516-2658-3.
  2. ↑ Mika "Hirvi" Kottila haluaa hoitaa isyyden kunnialla maaliin ennen kuin harkitsee valmentajapestiä – Ex-futari on ollut lasten kanssa kotona jokaisena kouluaamuna, Vantaan Sanomat, 14 November 2021
  3. ↑ Mika Kottila lopettaa uransa, Ilta-Sanomat, 10 October 2006
  4. ↑ Mika Kottila stats, Finnish FA
  5. ↑ Mika Kottila, National-Football-Teams
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