Paulus Roiha

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Paulus Roiha
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-03) 3 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Honka
0000–2000 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 Honka 32 (7)
1999–2001 HJK 65 (33)
2002–2003 Utrecht 39 (6)
2003–2004 Zwolle 11 (0)
2004–2006 Cercle Brugge 41 (10)
2006–2007 ADO Den Haag 10 (0)
2007 Újpest 6 (1)
2008–2009 HJK 23 (8)
2010 Åtvidaberg 28 (7)
2011 KuPS 4 (1)
International career
2001–2010 Finland 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulus Roiha (born 3 August 1980) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Club career

Roiha began his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with HJK Helsinki. He was the top scorer in Finland in 2001 with 22 goals. In September 2001 he scored twice for the club against Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie, which HJK eventually lost 3–2 on aggregate.

He transferred to Utrecht from HJK in 2001 for a €500,000 transfer fee. Roiha has since also played for Zwolle in the Netherlands and for Cercle Brugge in Belgium. He joined ADO Den Haag on a free transfer from Cercle Brugge during the January 2006 transfer window playing his first Eredivisie match with them on 28 January 2007. [1]

After a short stint with Hungarian club Újpest, the club released him because of an injury in January 2010, and a few days later he signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki. However, injuries kept him sidelined for most of the 2009 season and he was released by HJK at the end of the season. In 2010, Roiha joined newly promoted Allsvenskan club Åtvidabergs FF on a free transfer. The club, however, suffered relegation to Superettan and he left after the season. [2] In the 2011 season, Roiha played for Finnish club KuPS. After the season, he decided to retire from football. [3]

International career

Roiha played his first match for the Finnish national team on 1 February 2001 against Sweden; however, he was not able to become a regular for Finland in qualifying matches due to injuries.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2011
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka 1997 Ykkönen ——
1998Ykkönen——
1999Ykkönen——
Total327——327
HJK 1999 Veikkausliiga 1000000010
2000 Veikkausliiga331110003 [lower-alpha 2] 33514
2001 Veikkausliiga312200004 [lower-alpha 2] 13523
Total65331000747337
Utrecht 2001–02 Eredivisie 12320——143
2002–03 Eredivisie24300—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0253
2003–04 Eredivisie3000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 040
Total396200020436
PEC Zwolle 2003–04 Eredivisie110———110
Cercle Brugge 2004–05 Belgian First Division 30910——319
2005–06 Belgian First Division11110——121
Total41102000004310
ADO Den Haag 2005–06 Eredivisie90———90
2006–07 Eredivisie10———10
Total100000000100
Újpest 2007–08 NB I 61———61
HJK 2008 Veikkausliiga1892200002011
2009 Veikkausliiga50001 [lower-alpha 3] 00060
Total2392210002611
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen33———33
Åtvidaberg 2010 Allsvenskan 287———287
KuPS 2011 Veikkausliiga41———41
Career total2627772109427983

International

Finland
YearAppsGoals
200120
200230
200340
200410
200533
200631
200700
200820
200900
201020
Total204

International goals

Finland's score first.
#DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 February 2005 Nicosia, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2–1WinFriendly
2.
3.17 October 2005 Skopje, MacedoniaFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 3–0Win 2006 World Cup qualification
4.21 January 2006 Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–1DrawFriendly

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  2. ↑ Thapper, Kenneth (12 November 2010). "ÅFF tvingas släppa minst tre spelare – Folkbladet". folkbladet.se (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ "Veikkausliiga.com: Paulus Roiha lopettaa uransa". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 24 November 2011.
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