Jorma Vaihela

Jorma Vaihela
Personal information
Full name	Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela
Date of birth	30 September 1925
Place of birth	Raahe, Finland
Date of death	9 February 2006 (aged 80)
Place of death	Kungälv, Sweden
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	RU-38
–	PoPa
–	TuTo
1954–1957	IK Oddevold
International career
1947–1954	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Vaihela played club football in Finland for RU-38, PoPa and TuTo, and in Sweden for IK Oddevold.

Vaihela 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals.^[2] Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Vaihela's son Seppo Vaihela played international bandy for Sweden. He worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012^[4] and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association.^[5]

^ "Oddevold.se - Spelare år för år 1951–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ "Finland - International Player Records". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ "Jorma Vaihela". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ Seppo Vaihela slutar som klubbdirektör, IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 77 March 2013
^ SVT: "Seppo Vaihela lamnar bandyforbundet", 20 February 2006, retrieved 21 July 2017

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