Jorma Vaihela | |
Fullname: | Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1925 |
Birth Place: | Raahe, Finland |
Death Place: | Kungälv, Sweden |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | 1946–1948 |
Clubs1: | TuTo |
Years2: | 1949 |
Clubs2: | PoPa |
Years3: | 1950–1951 |
Clubs3: | RU-38 |
Years4: | 1952–1954 |
Clubs4: | TuTo |
Years5: | 1954–1957 |
Clubs5: | IK Oddevold |
Caps5: | 34 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1947–1954 |
Nationalteam1: | Finland |
Nationalcaps1: | 34 |
Nationalgoals1: | 13 |
Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38, and in Sweden for IK Oddevold.[1] He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons.[2]
Vaihela earned 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals.[3] Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[4] [5]
Vaihela's son Seppo played international bandy for Sweden, and worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012,[6] and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association.[7]