Saku Puhakainen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 January 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Lappeenranta, Finland | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | MyPa | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992 | Rakuunat | ? | (2) |
1993–1994 | Kultsu FC | 43 | (17) |
1995 | Kuusysi Lahti | 25 | (8) |
1996–1999 | TPS Turku | 100 | (30) |
1997 | → Aarhus Fremad (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2000–2009 | MyPa | 257 | (75) |
2010– | Kultsu FC | 1 | (2) |
International career | |||
1997 | Finland | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2010 |
Saku Puhakainen (born 14 January 1975) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker.
Since 2000 Puhakainen played for MyPa in the Finnish premier division, Veikkausliiga. His earlier clubs include FC Kuusysi and Turun Palloseura. He achieved the Veikkausliiga top scorer title in 2003. With MyPa he has won the Finnish Cup in 2004 and the Finnish championship in 2005. After being released from MYPA, he returned to Kultsu FC playing in third division.
Puhakainen played three times for Finland and scored twice under coach Richard Møller Nielsen in 1997.
References
- Profile at Guardian's Stats Centre at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 September 2012)
External links
- Saku Puhakainen at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Association football forwards
- Finnish football forward stubs