Miska Ylitolva

Miska Ylitolva
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 28
Youth career
FC Santa Claus
RoPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 RoPS II 23 (2)
2021 RoPS 17 (0)
2022– Klubi 04 9 (0)
2022– HJK 14 (0)
2023 → KTP (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2019 Finland U16 6 (0)
2021 Finland U18 1 (0)
2022 Finland U19 1 (0)
2023– Finland U21 13 (1)
2022– Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Miska Ylitolva (born 23 May 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1]

Club career

RoPS

Ylitolva was born in Espoo, but soon after his family moved to Rovaniemi, Lapland. He began playing football at age 10 for Rovaniemi side FC Santa Claus. Later he joined another local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) where he made his senior debut in 2020 at the age of 16, playing for their reserve team in third tier Kakkonen. In 2021 he was promoted to the RoPS first team playing in second tier Ykkönen.[2][3]

HJK

In January 2022 Ylitolva signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga side HJK.[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 2 April 2022 against Honka.[5] Ylitolva suffered an injury in that match and was ruled out almost for the whole season.[6]

On 9 May 2022, Ylitolva signed an updated contract until the end of 2024 season.[7]

2023: Loan to KTP
On 17 July 2023, Ylitolva was sent on loan to a fellow Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) for the rest of the season.[8][9] After his loan deal expired, he returned to HJK.

On 29 August 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension with HJK.[10]

International career

Ylitolva made his international debut on senior level for Finland on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Iceland.[11][12] He has also played for Finland at various youth national team levels.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 December 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
RoPS II 2020 Kakkonen 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
2021 Kakkonen 14 2 0 0 — — 14 2
Total 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
RoPS 2021 Ykkönen 17 0 3 0 — — 20 0
Klubi 04 2022 Kakkonen 6 0 — — — 6 0
2023 Kakkonen 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
HJK 2022 Veikkausliiga 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
2023 Veikkausliiga 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2024 Veikkausliiga 6 0 0 0 2 0 10[c] 0 18 0
Total 14 0 1 0 5 0 10 0 30 0
KTP (loan) 2023 Veikkausliiga 11 0 — — — 11 0
Career total 74 2 4 0 5 0 10 0 93 2
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League

International

As of 16 July 2024
Finland
Year Apps Goals
2022 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Kuka kumma on Huuhkajiin täysin yllättäen nimetty 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva? "Minua ei jalkapallo aluksi edes kiinnostanut"". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Rähmät silmistä: Kuka oikein on Huuhkajiin valittu 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva?". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja HJK:n organisaatioon". hjk.fi (in Finnish). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Mestarisuosikki HJK avasi kauden voitolla huipputuomari Gestraniuksen jäähyväisottelussa – KuPS kukisti kotonaan Interin". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ Miska Ylitolva: "Meillä on luottavainen fiilis", Finnish FA
  7. ^ "HJK ja Miska Ylitolva tekivät uuden sopimuksen" (in Finnish). HJK. 9 May 2022.
  8. ^ MISKA YLITOLVA HJK:STA KTP:HEN, fcktp.fi, 17 July 2023
  9. ^ Miska Ylitolva loppukaudeksi lainalle KTP:hen, hjk.fi, 17 July 2023
  10. ^ Miska Ylitolva jatkaa Klubissa, hjk.fi, 29 August 2024
  11. ^ STT (26 March 2022). "Miska Ylitolva Huuhkajien avauksessa Islantia vastaan - historian toiseksi nuorin A-maajoukkuepelaaja". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Murcia. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. ^ Wendt, Jonas von (26 March 2022). "Pukkis mål gav oavgjort mot Island". HBL (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  13. ^ SOCCERWAY, REF