Mike Peltola

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Mike Peltola
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-10) 10 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1989 KPS
1990–1991 KPV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989 KPS 1 (0)
1992–1994 FC Oulu 67 (1)
1995–1996 VPS 23 (1)
1996GBK (loan) 2 (0)
1996 Kalmar 2 (0)
1997–2000 VPS 96 (2)
2001–2003 Bodø/Glimt 29 (0)
2003–2004 HJK 28 (1)
2005–2006 AC Oulu 41 (4)
International career
1990 Finland U15 10 (0)
1991 Finland U16 8 (0)
1992–1993 Finland U18 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Peltola (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defender, mainly operating as a left back.

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Career

Peltola retired after the 2006 Ykkönen season with AC Oulu, in which he captained the club to win the promotion to Veikkausliiga. [1] In total, Peltola made 167 appearances in Veikkausliiga for FC Oulu, VPS and HJK Helsinki. [2] [3] He also played in the Swedish second-tier for Kalmar FF and in the Norwegian top-tier for Bodø/Glimt. [4] In the 2003 Veikkausliiga season with HJK, they won the Finnish championship title and the Finnish Cup title.

During his playing career, Peltola studied in a business school, and has later worked in the finance sector for Handelsbanken and S-Bank. [5] [6]

He has also coached in the HJK youth sector. [7]

Personal life

His two sons are also footballers. Asla is a professional player in Finland [8] and Miska plays at an amateur level. [9] [10]

Career statistics

[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KPS 1989 Kakkonen 1010
FC 1991 1992 Ykkönen 170170
FC Oulu 1993 Ykkönen260260
1994 Veikkausliiga 241241
Total50100501
VPS 1995 Veikkausliiga150150
1996 Veikkausliiga101101
Total25100251
GBK Kokkola (loan) 1996 Ykkönen2020
Kalmar 1996 Swedish Division 1 2020
VPS 1997 Veikkausliiga260260
1998 Veikkausliiga2614 [a] 0301
1999 Veikkausliiga160160
2000 Veikkausliiga281281
Total962401002
Bodø/Glimt 2001 Tippeligaen 190190
2002 Tippeligaen100100
2003 Tippeligaen0000
Total29000290
HJK Helsinki 2003 Veikkausliiga804 [b] 0120
2004 Veikkausliiga1611 [b] 0171
Total24150291
AC Oulu 2005 Ykkönen192192
2006 Ykkönen222222
Total41400414
Career total2879902969
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

AC Oulu

HJK

VPS

Individual

References