Miska Ylitolva

Miska Ylitolva

Personal information
Date of birth	(2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	HJK
Youth career
	FC Santa Claus
	RoPS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	RoPS II	23	(2)
2021	RoPS	17	(0)
2022–	Klubi 04	9	(0)
2022–	HJK	9	(0)
2023	→ KTP (loan)	11	(0)
International career‡
2019	Finland U16	6	(0)
2021	Finland U18	1	(0)
2022	Finland U19	1	(0)
2023–	Finland U21	10	(1)
2022–	Finland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Miska Ylitolva (born 23 May 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club HJK. ^[1]

Club career

RoPS

Ylitolva was born in Espoo, but soon after his family moved to Rovaniemi, Lapland. He began playing football at age 10 for Rovaniemi side FC Santa Claus. Later he joined another local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) where he made his senior debut in 2020 at the age of 16, playing for their reserve team in third tier Kakkonen. In 2021 he was promoted to the RoPS first team playing in second tier Ykkönen. ^{[2] [3]}

HJK

In January 2022 Ylitolva signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga side HJK. ^[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 2 April 2022 against Honka. ^[5] Ylitolva suffered an injury in that match and was ruled out almost for the whole season. ^[6]

On 9 May 2022, Ylitolva signed an updated contract until the end of 2024 season. ^[7]

2023: Loan to KTP
On 17 July 2023, Ylitolva was sent on loan to a fellow Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) for the rest of the season. ^{[8] [9]} After his loan deal expired, he returned to HJK.

International career

Ylitolva made his international debut on senior level for Finland on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Iceland. ^{[10] [11]} He has also played for Finland at various youth national team levels.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 July 2024 ^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League cup [lower-alpha 2]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RoPS II	2020	Kakkonen	9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	2021	Kakkonen	14	2	0	0	—		—		14	2
	Total		23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
RoPS	2021	Ykkönen	17	0	3	0	—		—		20	0
Klubi 04	2022	Kakkonen	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2023	Kakkonen	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
HJK	2022	Veikkausliiga	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
	2023	Veikkausliiga	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2024	Veikkausliiga	1	0	0	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	4	0
	Total		9	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	16	0
KTP (loan)	2023	Veikkausliiga	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Career total			69	2	4	0	5	0	1	0	79	2

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 16 July 2024

Finland
Year	Apps	Goals
2022	2	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
Total	2	0

References

1. Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
2. "Kuka kumma on Huuhkajiin täysin yllättäen nimetty 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva? "Minua ei jalkapallo aluksi edes kiinnostanut"". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. "Rähmät silmistä: Kuka oikein on Huuhkajiin valittu 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva?". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
4. "Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja HJK:n organisaatioon". hjk.fi (in Finnish). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. "Mestarisuosikki HJK avasi kauden voitolla huipputuomari Gestraniuksen jäähyväisottelussa – KuPS kukisti kotonaan Interin". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
6. Miska Ylitolva: "Meillä on luottavainen fiilis", Finnish FA
7. "HJK ja Miska Ylitolva tekivät uuden sopimuksen" (in Finnish). HJK. 9 May 2022.
8. MISKA YLITOLVA HJK:STA KTP:HEN, fcktp.fi, 17 July 2023
9. Miska Ylitolva loppukaudeksi lainalle KTP:hen, hjk.fi, 17 July 2023
10. STT (26 March 2022). "Miska Ylitolva Huuhkajien avauksessa Islantia vastaan - historian toiseksi nuorin A-maajoukkuepelaaja". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Murcia. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
11. Wendt, Jonas von (26 March 2022). "Pukkis mål gav oavgjort mot Island". HBL (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
12. SOCCERWAY, REF

External links

• Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway