Tuomas Juhani Haapala (born 20 April 1979) is a Finnish former footballer who ended his career after 2010.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tuomas Juhani Haapala | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Lahti, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2000 | Pallo-Lahti | ||
| Lahden Reipas | |||
| Kuusysi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Lahti | 108 | (14) |
| 2004–2005 | MyPa | 47 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Sandefjord | 13 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | HJK | 38 | (0) |
| 2010 | Tampere United | 21 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2008 | Finland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2009 | |||
Haapala has previously played for FC Lahti (2000–03) and MyPa (2004–05) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 2004, and captained the club to the Finnish championship in 2005. After an excellent 2005 season, Haapala was invited for a trial with Manchester City. After two weeks at the club, manager Stuart Pearce decided to offer him a contract to the end of the 2005–06 season. However, Haapala failed to break into the first team, and made only reserve team appearances. After his long try-out in Manchester he signed for Sandefjord Fotball. In August 2007 he joined HJK Helsinki. After three seasons with HJK, Haapala joined Tampere United for the season 2010, which was his last year as a professional football player.
Haapala played his first game for the Finnish national team on 12 October 2005 against Estonia.
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lahti | 1998 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| RiPS | 1999 | Ykkönen | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||
| Lahti | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 5 | – | – | – | 27 | 5 | ||||
| 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 5 | – | – | – | 26 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 14 | ||
| MYPA | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Total | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 3 | ||
| Manchester City | 2005–06 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandefjord | 2006 | Tippeligaen | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Tippeligaen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Sandefjord 2 | 2006 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 3. divisjon | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2009 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tampere United | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 254 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 275 | 19 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
Honours
edit- Finnish championship: 2005, 2009
- Finnish Cup: 2004, 2008
References
edit- ^ Tuomas Haapala stats, Finnish FA
- ^ Tuomas Juhani Haapala stats, Norwegian FA
External links
edit- Profile at HJK.fi
- "Stats at Veikkausliiga.com". Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- Guardian Football
- Tuomas Haapala at National-Football-Teams.com