Jouko Kataja

Jouko Kataja
Personal information
Date of birth	4 June 1953
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Date of death	2018 (65 years)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1974	Reipas
1975–1978	MiPK
1979–1982	KTP
1983	LTP
1984	Reipas Lahti
1986–1987	Apollo
1988–1990	Sudet
International career
1980	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jouko Kataja (4 June 1953 – 2018) was a Finnish footballer. He played 11 eleven seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja in 1972–1982 for Reipas, MiPK and KTP.^[1]

Kataja was a member of the Finland squad at the 1980 Summer Olympics,^[2] although he was never capped by the Finland A team.^[1]

Kataja died in November 2018 at the age of 65.^[3]

Club honours

^ ^a ^b Vuorinen, Juha; Kasila, Markku (2007). Pelimiehet : Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930–2006. Helsinki: Suomen urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 124. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
^ "Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980 : Finland Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ "Jouko Kataja on poissa" (in Finnish). KTP. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

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