Jussi Kujala

Jussi Kujala

Kujala with De Graafschap in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-04-04) 4 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1992–1999	Ilves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Tampere United	10	(1)
2000–2004	Ajax	0	(0)
2004–2009	Tampere United	119	(8)
2009	TPS	6	(1)
2010–2012	De Graafschap	40	(1)
2012	Ilves	6	(2)
2013–2014	KuPS	29	(0)
2015	Ilves	29	(1)
International career
	Finland U21
2004–2009	Finland	5	(0)
Medal record Tampere United Veikkausliiga 2004 Veikkausliiga 2005 Winner Veikkausliiga 2006 Winner Veikkausliiga 2007 Winner Finnish Cup 2007 Winner Finnish League Cup 2009 TPS Veikkausliiga 2009 De Graafschap Winner Eerste Divisie 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jussi Kujala (born 4 April 1983 in Tampere) is a Finnish former footballer. Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he has since dropped deeper down the field. He was the captain of the Finnish U21 national team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers.

Club career

Tampere United

Kujala made his debut for United in 2000; he made ten appearances and scored one goal for the team.

Ajax

After Tampere United, he spent four seasons playing in the junior and reserve teams of Ajax.

Return to Tampere United

He returned to Tampere United in 2004. As the club had financial difficulties, in 2009 he was allowed to leave the team.

TPS

He transferred to Turku during the summer 2009 transfer window.

De Graafschap

In January 2010, he left Turku, and signed with Dutch side De Graafschap on a free transfer.

Return to Ilves

In September 2012, Kujala signed a contract with his old junior team Ilves.[1] Ilves was promoted to Ykkönen at the end of the season.

KuPS

On 27 November, KuPS announced that they had signed Kujala for two years.[2]

Ilves and retirement

In January 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Ilves.[3]

He announced his retirement in December 2015.[4]

International career

Kujala made his international debut in Finland's national team in 2004 against Oman.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tampere United	1999	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	2000	Veikkausliiga	7	1	–		–		–		7	1
	Total		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Ajax	2001–02	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2002–03	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Tampere United	2004	Veikkausliiga	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
	2005	Veikkausliiga	23	5	–		–		6[b]	0	29	5
	2006	Veikkausliiga	19	0	1	1	–		2[b]	0	22	1
	2007	Veikkausliiga	25	1	1	0	–		8[c]	0	34	1
	2008	Veikkausliiga	25	0	1	0	–		4[d]	0	30	0
	2009	Veikkausliiga	19	2	1	0	9	0	–		29	2
	Total		119	8	4	1	9	0	20	0	152	9
TPS	2009	Veikkausliiga	6	1	–		–		–		6	1
De Graafschap	2009–10	Eerste Divisie	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	2010–11	Eredivisie	17	0	1	0	–		–		18	0
	2011–12	Eredivisie	13	1	2	1	–		–		15	2
	Total		40	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	43	2
Ilves	2012	Kakkonen	6	2	–		–		–		6	2
KuPS	2013	Veikkausliiga	23	0	2	0	8	1	–		33	1
	2014	Veikkausliiga	6	0	–		–		–		6	0
	Total		29	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	39	1
Ilves	2015	Veikkausliiga	30	1	1	0	6	0	–		37	1
Career total			240	14	10	2	23	1	20	0	293	17

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of 26 March 2013[5]

Finland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	1	0
2005	0	0
2006	2	0
2007	0	0
2008	1	0
2009	1	0
Total	5	0

Honours

De Graafschap

• Eerste Divisie: 2009–10[6]

Tampere United

• Veikkausliiga (2): 2006, 2007
• Finnish Cup: 2007
• Finnish League Cup: 2009

De Graafschap

• Eerste Divisie: 2009–10

Ilves

• Kakkonen: 2012

References

1. "Paluumuuttaja Jussi Kujala vahvistaa Ilvestä nousukarsinnoissa". YLE uutiset (in Finnish). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
2. "Jussi Kujala liittyi KuPS:n riveihin". KuPS.fi (in Finnish). 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
3. "Jussi Kujala palaa kasvattajaseuraansa". ilvesedustus.com (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
4. "Jalkapallomaajoukkueessa esiintynyt Jussi Kujala, 32, päätti lopettaa uransa". yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
5. "Jussi Kujala".
6. Steenbergen, Mark van (4 April 2020). "Het kampioenschap van 2010 met De Graafschap bezorgt Powel nog steeds kippenvel". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).

External links

• Jussi Kujala at De Graafschap at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 January 2012) (in Dutch)
• Jussi Kujala – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Jussi Kujala at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jussi Kujala at Soccerway
• Player stats - Voetbal International