Roni Porokara

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Roni Porokara
Personal information
Full name Roni Porokara
Date of birth (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
FinnPa
Allianssi
Jokerit
Klubi-04
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Hämeenlinna 49 (6)
2005–2007 Honka 76 (24)
2008–2010 Örebro SK 84 (11)
2010–2012 Beerschot 37 (3)
2012 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3 (0)
2013–2014 Honka 52 (11)
2014 HJK 4 (1)
2015 Honka 13 (2)
Total297(56)
International career
2005 Finland U21 1 (0)
2006–2013 Finland 24 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish entrepreneur and a former international footballer, who is currently working in a real estate business. [1] [2]

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Club career

FC Hämeenlinna

On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-year spell with Hämeenlinna, he made 46 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

FC Honka

He joined FC Honka in 2005, and played there until the end of 2007, making 76 league appearances and scoring 24 goals.

Örebro SK

In 2008, Porokara moved to the Swedish Premier Division side Örebro SK staying there until the end of 2010, making 84 league appearances and scoring 11 goals.

At the end of the 2009 Allsvenskan season, after playing for a year in Örebro SK, Porokara entered into negotiations with Israeli clubs, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv. [3] Porokara attracted interest from Maccabi Haifa due to his eligibility to receive Israeli citizenship under the law of return. [4] He was set to transfer to Maccabi Haifa in January 2010, for $700,000, [5] but the deal fell through.

In August 2010, Porokara attracted interest from number of clubs in Europe. Wigan Athletic from the Premier League was the big name out of this clubs along with Cesena from Serie A, and a few clubs from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. After Örebro finished third in 2010, Porokara announced that he would not renew his contract with the Swedes.

Beerschot AC

On 3 December 2010 he signed with Beerschot, [6] where he stayed until the summer of 2012, before moving to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

Back to FC Honka

Porokara returned to FC Honka in 2015 after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems. After appearing five times and scoring once, Porokara was forced to retire from active football because of a hip problem.

International career

On 13 April 2005, Porokara made his only appearance for the Finnish under-21 side in a friendly match against their Estonian counterparts. His full national team debut came a year later on 25 May 2006 in a friendly against Sweden. Porokara was a late substitute and only got a minute on the pitch.

On 8 November 2010, Porokara scored the winning goal against Belgium in friendly game.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hämeenlinna 2003 Veikkausliiga 251–––251
2004 Veikkausliiga24510––255
Total496100000506
Honka 2004 Ykkönen 2613–––2613
2005 Veikkausliiga2480000–248
2006 Veikkausliiga26310004 [lower-alpha 2] 2315
Total76241000428126
Örebro 2008 Allsvenskan 292–––292
2009 Allsvenskan29510––305
2010 Allsvenskan263–––263
Total84101000008510
Beerschot 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 12010––130
2011–12 Belgian Pro League25330––283
Total373400000413
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2012–13 Israeli Premier League 3000–2 [lower-alpha 3] 050
Honka 2013 Veikkausliiga27310–2 [lower-alpha 3] 0303
2014 Veikkausliiga258005 [lower-alpha 4] 22 [lower-alpha 3] 13211
Total52111052416214
HJK 2014Veikkausliiga41––3 [lower-alpha 3] 071
Honka 2015 Kakkonen 13234––166
Career total318571145213334766

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 200830
200952
201092
201121
201220
201310
Total225

    International goals

    Updated 12 December 2009

    GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReports
    1.2 February 2009 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1–31–5 Friendly match
    2.10 October 2009 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–02–1 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
    3.11 August 2010 Veritas Stadion, Turku Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1-01-0Friendly
    4.17 November 2010Olympic Stadium, HelsinkiFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 7-08-0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
    5.9 February 2011Jules Ottenstadion, GhentFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1-11-1Friendly

    Honours

    'FC Honka

    HJK

    Individual

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    2. ↑ Roni Porokara, 40, iski kultasuoneen: ”Nyt menee hyvin”, Iltalehti, 16 February 2024
    3. ↑ Van Wagenen, Jon (17 November 2009). "Bedoya Reaping Rewards For Hard Work". Yanks-Abroad.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
    4. ↑ Tuchman, Yaniv (10 December 2009). אילייב: אנחנו יכולים להיות ברמה של חיפה והפועל [Iliev: We Can Be on the Level of Haifa & Hapoel]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). NRG.co.il. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
    5. ↑ חיפה תשלם 600 אלף דולר על פורוקוארה [Haifa will pay for Porokara $700,000] (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
    6. ↑ Porokara signs with Beerschot (in Finnish)
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