Miika Koskela
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miika Juho Sakari Koskela | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Oulu, Finland | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tromsø | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ajax-Sarkkiranta | |||
2016 | ORPa | ||
2017 | OTP | ||
2018 | OLS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | OLS | 21 | (0) |
2019–2023 | AC Oulu | 58 | (4) |
2023– | Tromsø | 13 | (0) |
2023– | → Tromsø 2 | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Finland U16 | 6 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Finland U17 | 9 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Finland U19[1] | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Finland U21 | 6 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023 |
Miika Juho Sakari Koskela (born 12 July 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Tromsø.
Club career
[edit]AC Oulu
[edit]Born in Oulu and raised in Kempele, Koskela started his professional career at his home-town club AC Oulu in 2019. While featuring for the club's reserve team, OLS, he made his first-team debut later in the same year.[2]
Tromsø IL
[edit]On 13 March 2023, Koskela joined Norwegian club Tromsø on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[3][4] He made his debut for the side on 19 March 2023, in a 2–3 Norwegian Cup loss (a.e.t) to Lillestrøm.[5] He made his Eliteserien debut on 10 April 2023, in a 1–0 home win against Molde, coming in from the bench for the final minutes as a substitute to Christophe Psyché.[6]
International career
[edit]Koskela is a regular youth international and has represented Finland at various youth national team levels.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 26 August 2023
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OLS | 2019 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2020 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2021 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2022 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
AC Oulu | 2019 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2020 | Ykkönen | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
2022 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 58 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | ||
Tromsø | 2023 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2024 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Tromsø 2 | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 96 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 4 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
- ^ Includes Kakkonen Cup and Finnish League Cup
Honours
[edit]AC Oulu
- Ykkönen: 2020
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2023
Tromsø
- Eliteserien 3rd place: 2023[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "AC Oulun 18-vuotias Miika Koskela on ottanut talvikaudella kehitysaskeleen". kaleva.fi. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "AC Oulun toppari Miika Koskela on 196-senttinen junioripelaaja". kaleva.fi. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "A new Miika in town". til.no.
- ^ "Miika Koskela siirtyy AC Oulusta Norjan pääsarjaseuraan". yle.fi. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "World Football: Miika Koskela". worldfootball.net.
- ^ TROMSØ VS. MOLDE 1 - 0, soccerway
- ^ Miika Koskela: "Ei ole kaukana, että murtautuisin avauskokoonpanoon", Finnish FA/Palloliitto, 6 September 2023
- ^ Eliteserien table Tromsø IL, int.soccerway.com
External links
[edit]- Tromsø IL official profile
- Miika Koskela at Soccerway
- Miika Koskela at WorldFootball.net
- Miika Koskela at BeSoccer
- Miika Koskela at Football Association of Finland
- Miika Koskela at Norwegian Football Federation
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Eliteserien players
- Oulun Luistinseura players
- AC Oulu players
- Tromsø IL players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Footballers from Oulu
- Norwegian Third Division players