Tuomas Haapala

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Tuomas Haapala
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Haapala (center) at the KuPS vs HJK at Magnum Areena, Kuopio. Finnish League Cup, 11 March 2008
Personal information
Full name Tuomas Juhani Haapala
Date of birth (1979-04-20) 20 April 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2000 Pallo-Lahti
Lahden Reipas
Kuusysi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 Lahti 108 (14)
2004–2005 MyPa 47 (3)
2005–2006 Manchester City 0 (0)
2006–2007 Sandefjord 13 (0)
2007–2009 HJK 38 (0)
2010 Tampere United 21 (1)
International career
2005–2008 Finland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2009

Tuomas Juhani Haapala (born 20 April 1979) is a Finnish former footballer who ended his career after 2010.

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Haapala has previously played for FC Lahti (2000–03) and MyPa (2004–05) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 2004, and captained the club to the Finnish championship in 2005. After an excellent 2005 season, Haapala was invited for a trial with Manchester City. After two weeks at the club, manager Stuart Pearce decided to offer him a contract to the end of the 2005–06 season. However, Haapala failed to break into the first team, and made only reserve team appearances. After his long try-out in Manchester he signed for Sandefjord Fotball. In August 2007 he joined HJK Helsinki. After three seasons with HJK, Haapala joined Tampere United for the season 2010, which was his last year as a professional football player.

Haapala played his first game for the Finnish national team on 12 October 2005 against Estonia.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024. [1] [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lahti 1998 Ykkönen 3030
RiPS 1999Ykkönen232232
Lahti 2000 Veikkausliiga 241241
2001 Veikkausliiga275275
2002 Veikkausliiga28310293
2003 Veikkausliiga265265
Total1051410000010614
MYPA 2004 Veikkausliiga24110002 [c] 0271
2005 Veikkausliiga23200006 [d] 0292
Total473100080563
Manchester City 2005–06 Premier League 0000000000
Sandefjord 2006 Tippeligaen 701080
2007 Tippeligaen601060
Total130200000150
Sandefjord 2 2006 3. divisjon 1010
2007 3. divisjon2020
Total3000000030
HJK Helsinki 2007 Veikkausliiga9000002 [d] 0110
2008 Veikkausliiga2300000230
2009 Veikkausliiga60007000130
Total380007020470
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen1010
Tampere United 2010 Veikkausliiga211211
Career total25419407010027519
  1. Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup

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