Ilari Äijälä (born 30 September 1986) is a Finnish retired football player who last played for FC Honka.

Ilari Äijälä
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Helsinki,[1] Finland
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
MPS[2]
HJK[5]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Klubi-04[3] 35 (9)
2005–2007 HJK 22 (1)
2006Klubi-04 11 (5)
2007FC KooTeePee (loan) 6 (1)
2008–2010 MYPA[6][7] 71 (17)
2011–2014 FC Honka 96 (9)
2015 KTP 31 (6)
2016 PK-35 20 (2)
2016–2018 FC Honka 21 (3)
International career
Finland U21[4] 1 (0)
2012 Finland 1 (0)
Medal record
HJK Helsinki
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2005
Winner Finnish Cup 2006
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2006
Honka
Winner Finnish League Cup 2011
Winner Finnish Cup 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Äijälä finished up as the League Cup's top-scorer in 2011 together with Ilja Venäläinen.

He made his debut for the Finland national team in 2012 against Trinidad and Tobago.

References

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  1. ^ "Mypa - 11 Ilari Äijälä". Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 386. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. ^ "Veikkausliiga | Pelaajat". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  5. ^ Malmi | HJK Juniorit Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Veikkausliiga | Pelaajat Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Veikkausliiga - Hall of Fame Archived 30 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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