Jussi Vasara

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Jussi Vasara
Jussi Vasara 2011.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
MPS
HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Klubi 04
2007–2014 FC Honka 167 (33)
2015–2016 SJK 59 (11)
National team
Finland U-15
Finland U-16
Finland U-17
Finland U-19
Finland U-20
2008–2009 Finland U-21[2] 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jussi Vasara (born 14 May 1987) is a retired Finnish footballer who most recently played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.

International career

Vasara represented Finland U21 in the Under 21 European Championships in 2009. He made two crucial goals as a substitute in his U-21 debut match against Austria in the qualifying play-off second leg to take the tie into extra time. Vasara was chosen to the Veikkausliiga team of the Month for September 2014.[3] In January 2015 he signed two-year deal with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.[4]

Personal

He is the younger brother of former Finland international player Vesa Vasara.

References

  1. ^ "FC Honka". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Veikkausliiga | HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Jussi Vasara ja SJK kaksivuotiseen sopimukseen". sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

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