Tuomas Juhani Haapala (born 20 April 1979) is a Finnish former footballer who ended his career after 2010.

Tuomas Haapala
Haapala (center) at the KuPS vs HJK at Magnum Areena, Kuopio. Finnish League Cup, 11 March 2008
Personal information
Full name Tuomas Juhani Haapala
Date of birth (1979-04-20) 20 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2000 Pallo-Lahti
Lahden Reipas
Kuusysi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Lahti 108 (14)
2004–2005 MyPa 47 (3)
2005–2006 Manchester City 0 (0)
2006–2007 Sandefjord 13 (0)
2007–2009 HJK 38 (0)
2010 Tampere United 21 (1)
International career
2005–2008 Finland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2009

Haapala has previously played for FC Lahti (2000–03) and MyPa (2004–05) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 2004, and captained the club to the Finnish championship in 2005. After an excellent 2005 season, Haapala was invited for a trial with Manchester City. After two weeks at the club, manager Stuart Pearce decided to offer him a contract to the end of the 2005–06 season. However, Haapala failed to break into the first team, and made only reserve team appearances. After his long try-out in Manchester he signed for Sandefjord Fotball. In August 2007 he joined HJK Helsinki. After three seasons with HJK, Haapala joined Tampere United for the season 2010, which was his last year as a professional football player.

Haapala played his first game for the Finnish national team on 12 October 2005 against Estonia.

Career statistics

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As of 1 September 2024.[1][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lahti 1998 Ykkönen 3 0 3 0
RiPS 1999 Ykkönen 23 2 23 2
Lahti 2000 Veikkausliiga 24 1 24 1
2001 Veikkausliiga 27 5 27 5
2002 Veikkausliiga 28 3 1 0 29 3
2003 Veikkausliiga 26 5 26 5
Total 105 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 14
MYPA 2004 Veikkausliiga 24 1 1 0 0 0 2[c] 0 27 1
2005 Veikkausliiga 23 2 0 0 0 0 6[d] 0 29 2
Total 47 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 56 3
Manchester City 2005–06 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandefjord 2006 Tippeligaen 7 0 1 0 8 0
2007 Tippeligaen 6 0 1 0 6 0
Total 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Sandefjord 2 2006 3. divisjon 1 0 1 0
2007 3. divisjon 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
HJK Helsinki 2007 Veikkausliiga 9 0 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 11 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2009 Veikkausliiga 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 13 0
Total 38 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 47 0
Klubi 04 2009 Ykkönen 1 0 1 0
Tampere United 2010 Veikkausliiga 21 1 21 1
Career total 254 19 4 0 7 0 10 0 275 19
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup

Honours

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References

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  • Profile at HJK.fi
  • "Stats at Veikkausliiga.com". Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  • Guardian Football
  • Tuomas Haapala at National-Football-Teams.com