Paulus Roiha

Football player infobox
playername = Paulus Roiha


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|8|3|mf=y
cityofbirth = Espoo
countryofbirth = Finland
height = 181 cm
currentclub = HJK Helsinki
clubnumber = 17
position = Forward
youthyears = -2000
youthclubs = FC Honka, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
years = 1999-2001
2001-2004
2003-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
FC Utrecht
FC Zwolle
Cercle Brugge
ADO Den Haag
Újpest FC
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
caps(goals) = 65 (32)
39 (6)
11 (0)
41 (10)
9 (0)
6 (1)
16 (8)
nationalyears = 2001-
nationalteam = Finland
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (4)
pcupdate = 27 September, 2007
ntupdate = 27 September, 2007

Paulus Roiha (born August 3, 1980 in Espoo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for HJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Roiha is a quick striker who started 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 HJK against Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie, which HJK eventually lost 3-2 on aggregate.

Roiha has since also played for FC Utrecht and FC 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 January 28 2007. [ cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3499.php | accessdate=February 5 | accessyear=2007]

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

In January 2008, Újpest FC released him because of an injury and a few days after he signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki.

References

External links

* [http://www.hjk.fi/joukkue/?J=1&hae=209 Profile] at [http://www.hjk.fi/ HJK.fi]
* [http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13001141 Stats] at [http://www.Veikkausliiga.com/ Veikkausliiga.com]