Paulus Roiha

Paulus Roiha

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-08-03) 3 August 1980
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Honka
–2000	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Honka	32	(7)
1999–2001	HJK	65	(32)
2001–2004	Utrecht	39	(6)
2003–2004	Zwolle	11	(0)
2004–2006	Cercle Brugge	41	(10)
2006–2007	ADO Den Haag	10	(0)
2007–2008	Újpest	6	(1)
2008–2009	HJK	23	(8)
2010	Åtvidaberg	28	(7)
2011	KuPS	4	(1)
International career‡
2001–2010	Finland	20	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2010

Paulus Roiha (born 3 August 1980 in Espoo) is a Finnish retired footballer.

Roiha is a quick striker who started his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with HJK Helsinki. He was the top scorer in Finland in 2001 with 22 goals.

In September 2001 he scored twice for HJK against Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie, which HJK eventually lost 3-2 on aggregate.

Roiha has since also played for FC Utrecht and FC Zwolle in the Netherlands and for Cercle Brugge in Belgium. He joined ADO Den Haag on a free transfer from Cercle Brugge during the January 2006 transfer window playing his first Eredivisie match with them on 28 January 2007.

In January 2008, Újpest FC released him because of an injury and a few days after he signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki. But the injuries kept him in the sidelines for most of the 2009 season and he was released by HJK at the end of the season. On 2010 Roiha joined newly promoted Allsvenskan club Åtvidabergs FF in free transfer.

International career

Roiha played his first match for the Finnish national team on 1 February 2001 against Sweden; however, he has not been able to become a regular for Finland in qualifying matches due the unfortunate timing of injury.

International goals

Finland's score first.

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 February 2005	Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	2-1	Win	Friendly
2.
3.	17 October 2005	Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	3-0	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
4.	21 January 2006	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1-1	Draw	Friendly

External links

• Profile at HJK.fi
• Stats at Veikkausliiga.com