Niklas Moisander
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Niklas Moisander | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Turun Palloseura | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Turun Palloseura | 17 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Zwolle | 71 | (5) |
2008– | AZ | 40 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
1997–2001 | Finland U-17 | 8 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Finland U-19 | 17 | (2) |
2001–2003 | Finland U-21 | 19 | (1) |
2008– | Finland | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2010 |
Niklas Moisander, (born September 29, 1985 in Turku) is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays for Dutch team AZ Alkmaar. He is the twin brother of Henrik Moisander.
Club career
He started his career with TPS and played 9 times for them, from May 2003 to June 2003, he was a regular with his home club.
Moisander then moved to Ajax, but never actually played any matches for them and was playing for the reserves for the majority of his 3 year stay there.
In July 2006, he went to Zwolle and during his time there, he made 75 appearances, scoring 5 times, Moisander was an instrumental player for them. On July 1, 2008, after having impressed AZ, he moved there the following summer.
International career
Moisander made his debut for the Finnish national team on May 29, 2008 in a friendly match against Turkey. On 10 October 2009, he scored the winning goal in a World Cup qualifier win over Wales.[1]
Honours
Club honours
- Dutch Championship
- Winner (1): 2008–09
- Dutch Super Cup
- Winner (1): 2009
External links
References
- ^ "Finland 2-1 Wales". BBC. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- TPS Turku footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- FC Zwolle players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Finnish football biography stubs