Niklas Moisander

Niklas Moisander
Niklas Moisander
Personal information
Full name Niklas Moisander
Date of birth 29 September 1985 (1985-09-29) (age 26)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club AZ
Number 25
Youth career
20012002 Turun Palloseura
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20022003 Turun Palloseura 17 (0)
20042006 Ajax 0 (0)
20062008 Zwolle 71 (5)
2008 AZ 86 (3)
National team
19972001 Finland U-17 8 (0)
19992002 Finland U-19 17 (2)
20012003 Finland U-21 19 (1)
2008 Finland 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2011.

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2011

Niklas Moisander, (born 29 September 1985 in Turku) is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays as a captain for Dutch team AZ and the national team of Finland. He is a centre back, but can also play as leftback. He is the twin brother of Henrik Moisander.

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Club career

He started his career with TPS and played 9 times for them, from May 2003 to June 2003, he was a regular with his home club.

Moisander then moved to Ajax, but never actually played any matches for them and was playing for the reserves for the majority of his 3 year stay there.

In July 2006, he went to Zwolle and during his time there, he made 75 appearances, scoring 5 times, Moisander was an instrumental player for them. On 1 July 2008, after having impressed AZ, he moved there the following summer. He was made the team captain for the 2011−2012 season.

International career

Moisander made his debut for the Finnish national team on 29 May 2008 in a friendly match against Turkey. On 10 October 2009, he scored the winning goal in a World Cup qualifier win over Wales.[1] In 2011, under Mixu Paatelainen, Moisander gained the captains armband from Petri Pasanen.

Career statistics

International

As of 16 November 2011[2]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 2 0
2009 6 1
2010 8 0
2011 9 0
Total 25 1

International goals

Finland's score given first. As of 19 August 2011.[3]

Honours

Club honours

Netherlands AZ

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Petri Pasanen
Finland football captain
2011
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Finland 21 Wales". BBC. 10 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286143.stm. Retrieved 10 October 2009. 
  2. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27900
  3. ^ "Niklas Moisander" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto (Football Association of Finland). http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/moisander_niklas/. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 



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