Tuomas Haapala

Football player infobox
playername = Tuomas Haapala


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1979|4|20|mf=y
cityofbirth = Lahti
countryofbirth = Finland
height = 178 cm
currentclub = HJK Helsinki
clubnumber = 7
position = midfielder
youthyears = -2000
youthclubs =Pallo-Lahti
Lahden Reipas
FC Kuusysi
years = 2000-2003
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = FC Lahti
MyPa
Manchester City
Sandefjord Fotball
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
caps(goals) = 105 (14)
47 (3)
0 (0)
9 (0)
26 (0)
nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = Finland
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
pcupdate = 29 August, 2008
ntupdate = 29 August, 2008

Tuomas Haapala (born April 20, 1979 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who is currently playing for HJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga as a defensive midfielder.

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.

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

Honours

*Finnish championship: 2005
*Finnish Cup: 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.hjk.fi/joukkue/?J=1&hae=198 Profile] at [http://www.hjk.fi/ HJK.fi]
* [http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=1400039 Stats] at [http://www.Veikkausliiga.com/ Veikkausliiga.com]