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Mika Ääritalo 
Personal information Full name Mika Ääritalo Date of birth 25 July 1985 Place of birth Taivassalo, Finland Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club TPS Turku Number 11 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2003 TPS Turku 5 (0) 2003–2005 Aston Villa 0i (0) 2005– TPS Turku 106 (23) National team‡ 2010– Finland 3 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2011Mika Ääritalo (born 25 July 1985) is a Finnish international footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga side TPS Turku.
Club career
After beginning his senior career in 2002 with hometown club TPS Turku,[1] English Premiership side Aston Villa beat a host of clubs from across Europe to the signing of Ääritalo in January 2003.[2] After failing to make a first-team appearance for Aston Villa, Ääritalo returned to first club TPS Turku in February 2005.
In June 2008, Portuguese BWINLIGA club C.D. Nacional were interested in signing Ääritalo, but the deal fell through due to cost and the fact that Ääritalo didn't want to move to Portugal.[3]
International career
Ääritalo made his international debut in 2010.[4]
References
- ^ (Finnish) "Veikkausliiga statistics". Veikkausliiga official website. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13000721.
- ^ "Villa snap up teenage star". BBC Sport. 18 October 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/2340009.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ (Finnish) Jari Welling (15 June 2008). "Nacional tekemässä TPS:lleuuden tarjouksen". Turun Sanomat. http://www.ts.fi/urheilu/?ts=1,3:1006:0:0,4:6:0:1:2008-06-15,104:6:547493,1:0:0:0:0:0:. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ Mika Ääritalo at National-Football-Teams.com
Turun Palloseura – current squad 1 Moisander · 2 Liespuu · 3 K. Mäkinen · 5 Lähde · 6 Nyberg · 7 Rähmönen · 8 Heinikangas · 9 Kuqi · 10 Pennanen · 11 Ääritalo · 12 Lehtovaara · 13 Kolehmainen · 14 Rannikko · 15 Uronen · 17 Gabrielsson · 18 Hurme · 21 Lehtonen · 22 Saarinen · 23 Peltola · 24 Okaru · 25 S. Mäkinen · 26 Hradecky · 28 Maluka · 30 Uschanoff · Manager: Rajamäki
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- TPS Turku footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish football biography stubs
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