Mika Kottila

Mika Kottila

Personal information
Full name	Mika Kottila
Date of birth	22 September 1974 (1974-09-22) (age 37)
Place of birth	Vantaa, Finland
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993	FinnPa	1	(0)
1994–1995	HJK	33	(6)
1996	RoPS	14	(2)
1996–1997	Hereford United	13	(1)
1997–1998	HJK	51	(8)
1999	Brann[1]	13	(1)
2000–2001	Trelleborg	45	(9)
2002–2004	HJK	74	(33)
2005–2006	FC Lahti	32	(6)
2006–2009	MPS
National team‡
1998–2004	Finland	31	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2009

Mika "Hirvi" Kottila (born 22 September 1974 in Vantaa) is a retired Finnish footballer. He played as a striker.

Kottila spent the vast majority of his career playing in Scandinavia joining RoPS in 1992. He had a spell on loan at Hereford United during the 1996-97 season. He made 13 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.

He then joined HJK Helsinki for the second of three spells, having previously played for the club during the 1994 season. He made 157 appearances and scored 56 goals for the club during his three spells. The top moment of his career came when he scored two goals in UEFA Champions League 1998.

He moved to Norway to play for SK Brann where he was in the 1999 season,^[1] and then Sweden to play for Trelleborgs FF. A third spell at HJK followed between 2002–2004. He also featured in the 2004 UEFA Champions League playing against the likes of Linfield and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the qualifying rounds.

In 2005 and 2006 he was playing for FC Lahti in the Finnish Premier Division.

He was capped 31 times for Finland, scoring 6 goals between 1998 and 2004.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nielsen, Atle (2008) (in Norwegian). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet. Bergen: Schibsted. p. 252. ISBN 9788251626583. 

Persondata
Name	Kottila, Mika
Alternative names
Short description	Retired Finnish footballer
Date of birth	22 September 1974
Place of birth	Vantaa
Date of death
Place of death