Mike Peltola

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Mike Peltola
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-10) 10 September 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1985–1989 KPS
1990–1991 KPV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 KPS 1 (0)
1992–1994 FC Oulu 67 (1)
1995–1996 VPS 23 (1)
1996 → GBK (loan) 2 (0)
1996 Kalmar 2 (0)
1997–2000 VPS 96 (2)
2001–2003 Bodø/Glimt 29 (0)
2003–2004 HJK 28 (1)
2005–2006 AC Oulu 41 (4)
International career
1990 Finland U15 10 (0)
1991 Finland U16 8 (0)
1992–1993 Finland U18 14 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Peltola (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defender, mainly operating as a left back.

Career

Peltola retired after the 2006 Ykkönen season with AC Oulu, in which he captained the club to win the promotion to Veikkausliiga.[1] In total, Peltola made 167 appearances in Veikkausliiga for FC Oulu, VPS and HJK Helsinki.[2][3] He also played in the Swedish second-tier for Kalmar FF and in the Norwegian top-tier for Bodø/Glimt.[4] In the 2003 Veikkausliiga season with HJK, they won the Finnish championship title and the Finnish Cup title.

During his playing career, Peltola studied in a business school, and has later worked in the finance sector for Handelsbanken and S-Bank.[5][6]

He has also coached in the HJK youth sector.[7]

Personal life

His two sons are also footballers. Asla is a professional player in Finland[8] and Miska plays at an amateur level.[9][10]

Career statistics

[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KPS 1989 Kakkonen 10–10
FC 1991 1992 Ykkönen 170–170
FC Oulu 1993 Ykkönen 260–260
1994 Veikkausliiga 241–241
Total 50100501
VPS 1995 Veikkausliiga 150–150
1996 Veikkausliiga 101–101
Total 25100251
GBK Kokkola (loan) 1996 Ykkönen 20–20
Kalmar 1996 Swedish Division 1 20–20
VPS 1997 Veikkausliiga 260–260
1998 Veikkausliiga 2614[a]0301
1999 Veikkausliiga 160–160
2000 Veikkausliiga 281–281
Total 962401002
Bodø/Glimt 2001 Tippeligaen 190–190
2002 Tippeligaen 100–100
2003 Tippeligaen 00–00
Total 29000290
HJK Helsinki 2003 Veikkausliiga 804[b]0120
2004 Veikkausliiga 1611[b]0171
Total 24150291
AC Oulu 2005 Ykkönen 192–192
2006 Ykkönen 222–222
Total 41400414
Career total 2879902969
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

AC Oulu

HJK

VPS

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 1998

References