Sampsa Timoska

Sampsa Timoska

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-02-12) 12 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Kokemäki, Finland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1987–1990	Teljän Nousu
1991	Nakkilan Nasta
1992	Teljän Nousu
1993–1995	Musan Salama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	TPV	6	(0)
1998–2007	MYPA	153	(6)
2007–2008	QPR	21	(0)
2008–2011	MYPA	77	(0)
2012–2016	Ekenäs IF	102	(6)
Total		377	(12)
International career‡
2005	Finland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2009

Sampsa Timoska (born 12 February 1979) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a defender.

His professional career began in Finland in 1996 at Tampere. Timoska moved to MyPa in 1998 making over 150 appearances before playing for English side Queen's Park Rangers between January 2007 and February 2008 where, after 21 appearances, he was released from his contract by mutual consent. ^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

His older brother Jan is also a former professional footballer.

Career statistics

^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TPV	1996	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	1997	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Euran Pallo (loan)	1997	Kakkonen	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
MYPA	1998	Veikkausliiga	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	1999	Veikkausliiga	14	0	–		–		–		14	0
	2000	Veikkausliiga	16	0	–		–		–		16	0
	2001	Veikkausliiga	19	0	–		–		1 [c]	0	20	0
	2002	Veikkausliiga	26	1	–		–		2 [c]	0	28	1
	2003	Veikkausliiga	18	1	–		–		1 [c]	0	19	1
	2004	Veikkausliiga	23	2	1	0	–		2 [c]	0	26	2
	2005	Veikkausliiga	17	2	–		–		2 [c]	0	19	2
	2006	Veikkausliiga	20	0	–		–		4 [d]	0	24	0
	Total		154	6	1	0	0	0	12	0	167	6
AC Vantaa (loan)	2000	Kakkonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Kuusankoski (loan)	2001	Ykkönen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Rakuunat (loan)	2004	Ykkönen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
QPR	2006–07	Championship	14	0	0	0	0	0	–		14	0
	2007–08	Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	–		7	0
	Total		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
MYPA	2008	Veikkausliiga	24	0	–		–		–		24	0
	2009	Veikkausliiga	9	0	0	0	5	0	–		14	0
	2010	Veikkausliiga	19	0	0	0	1	0	5 [e]	0	25	0
	2011	Veikkausliiga	25	0	0	0	2	0	–		27	0
	Total		77	0	0	0	8	0	5	0	90	0
Ekenäs IF	2012	Kakkonen	24	2	3	0	–		–		27	2
	2013	Kakkonen	21	2	2	0	–		–		23	2
	2014	Kakkonen	23	2	0	0	–		–		23	2
	2015	Ykkönen	19	0	2	0	–		–		21	0
	2016	Ykkönen	19	0	0	0	–		–		19	0
	Total		106	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	113	6
Kokemäen Pallo	2017	Nelonen	11	1	–		–		–		11	1
Career total			385	13	8	0	8	0	17	0	418	13

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

Honours

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: August 2011, ^[4]

References

1. Defender Timoska joins QPR exodus BBC Sport Retrieved 7 February 2008
2. Sampsa Timoska jätti kurkkaamatta astiakaappiin asunnossaan Lontoossa – siitä kiehahti suolainen soppa, Ilta-Sanomat, 10 January 2021
3. Sampsa Timoska stats, Football Association of Finland
4. Sampsa Timoskasta Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

External links

• Sampsa Timoska at Soccerbase
• Sampsa Timoska at National-Football-Teams.com