Mika Ojala

Mika Ojala

Personal information
Full name	Mika Ojala
Date of birth	21 June 1988 (1988-06-21) (age 23)
Place of birth	Paimio, Finland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Inter Turku
Number	17
Youth career
-2004	Paimion Haka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006-	FC Inter Turku	143	(41)
National team‡
2007-2010	Finland U-21	17	(2)
2010-	Finland	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2011

Mika Ojala (born 21 June 1988 in Paimio, Finland) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side FC Inter Turku.

International career

Ojala was selected in the Finnish national squad by Stuart Baxter in August 2008. He was also a member of the U-21 squad that reached the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Ojala made his national team debut on 18 January 2010 as he came from the bench to replace Roni Porokara in friendly match against South Korea at Málaga, Spain where Finland had winter training camp.^[1]

On 17 November 2008 Ojala joined the Dutch club Heerenveen for a one-week-trial together with Wilhelm Ingves from IFK Mariehamn.^[2] He visited FC Zürich in 2006.

Honours

Team

• Veikkausliiga:
  • Winner (1): 2008

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: August 2008, June 2011, July 2011

References

1. ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=157901 (Finnish)
2. ^ Trial at Heerenveen

• Guardian Football

External links

• FCInter.com: profile
• Ojala's stats on Veikkausliiga.com
• Mika Ojala at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Ojala, Mika
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	21 June 1988
Place of birth	Paimio, Finland
Date of death
Place of death