Tero Mäntylä (born 18 April 1991) is a Finnish footballer who most lately played as a defender for SJK.[3]
 Mäntylä with Ludogorets in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Seinäjoki, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TP-Seinäjoki | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | TP-Seinäjoki | 24 | (0) |
| 2008 | SJK | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Inter Turku | 33 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 27 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Aalesund | 19 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Inter Turku | 38 | (0) |
| 2019 | HIFK | 23 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | SJK | 26 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | Finland U-21[2] | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | Finland | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2014 (UTC) | |||
Career
editA product of his local club TP-Seinäjoki, Mäntylä joined Premier League club Portsmouth in February 2008, only at the age of 16, signing a three-year contract.[4]
However, during his time in England, he never got any chance to prove his merit and only managed to play in two reserve league matches. After his link with Portsmouth expired, he signed with Inter Turku in August 2010. After the 2011 season his contract with Inter expired, and he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Ludogorets.[5] Mäntylä left the team from Razgrad in the summer of 2014 and moved back to Scandinavia. He made his debut in the national team in Helsinki in a friendly game against Czech Republic on 21 May 2014 (2−2).
Career statistics
edit- As of 15 May 2024
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| TP-Seinäjoki | 2007 | Kakkonen | 24 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| SJK | 2008 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2011–12 | Bulgarian First League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Bulgarian First League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Bulgarian First League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | Bulgarian First League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Aalesund | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| HIFK | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| SJK | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| SJK II | 2021 | Kakkonen | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 192 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 232 | 4 | ||
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
Honours
editClub
editLudogorets
References
edit- ^ TP-Seinäjoki
- ^ Suomen Palloliitto[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kiitos Tero Mäntylä ja Nikko Boxall!". 6 January 2022.
- ^ Tero Mäntylä joins Portsmouth (in Finnish)
- ^ Mäntylä to Bulgaria[dead link] (in Finnish)
External links
edit- Tero Mäntylä at Soccerway