Jukka Santala

Jukka Santala
Santala with PK-35 Vantaa in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-10) 10 September 1985
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Jokerit 9 (1)
2004 HJK 12 (2)
2004–2006 Rangers 0 (0)
2005 → Partick Thistle (loan) 17 (9)
2006–2009 Nordsjælland 30 (11)
2009 Mjällby 7 (2)
2010 Haka 12 (2)
2010 RoPS 7 (3)
2011 KooTeePee 23 (13)
2012 PK-35 Vantaa 23 (9)
2013 KTP 17 (8)
2014 PK-35 Vantaa 0 (0)
Total 157 (60)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jukka Santala (born 10 September 1985) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a striker. He returned to Finland after few years playing abroad. He had a trial with the Finnish Veikkausliiga side HJK Helsinki.,[1] but he chose to take a contract from FC Haka. While contracted to Rangers in Scotland he spent a short period at Partick Thistle.[2] He left Rangers in January 2006 to join Nordsjælland.[3]

He has also played for Danish side FC Nordsjælland, Finnish side RoPS and Swedish Superettan side Mjällby AIF.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jokerit 2003 Veikkausliiga 9 1 – – 9 1
HJK 2004 Veikkausliiga 12 2 – 4[b] 0 16 2
Rangers 2004–05 Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Partick Thistle (loan) 2005–06 Scottish Second Division 17 9 – – 17 9
Nordsjælland 2005–06 Danish Superliga 12 4 – – 12 4
2006–07 Danish Superliga 18 7 – – 18 7
Total 30 11 0 0 0 0 30 11
Mjällby 2009 Superettan 7 2 – – 7 2
Haka 2010 Veikkausliiga 12 2 1 0 – 13 2
RoPS 2010 Ykkönen 7 3 – – 7 3
KooTeePee 2011 Ykkönen 24 13 – – 24 13
PK-35 Vantaa 2012 Ykkönen 23 9 – – 23 9
KTP 2013 Kakkonen 17 8 – – 17 8
PK-35 Vantaa 2014 Ykkönen 18 5 1 0 – 18 5
Career total 176 65 2 0 4 0 182 65
  1. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup and Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "Veikkausliiga | Santala harjoittelee HJK:n mukana" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Santala moves to Thistle on loan". BBC. 4 August 2005.
  3. ^ "Santala quits Ibrox for Denmark". BBC. 27 January 2006.
  4. ^ Jukka Santala stats, Finnish FA


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