Tuomas Haapala Explained

Tuomas Haapala
Birth Date:1979 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Lahti, Finland
Height:1.78 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:–2000
Youthclubs1:Pallo-Lahti
Youthclubs2:Lahden Reipas
Youthclubs3:FC Kuusysi
Years1:2000–2003
Years2:2004–2005
Years3:2005–2006
Years4:2006–2007
Years5:2007–2009
Years6:2010
Clubs1:FC Lahti
Clubs2:MyPa
Clubs3:Manchester City
Clubs4:Sandefjord Fotball
Clubs5:HJK Helsinki
Clubs6:Tampere United
Caps1:108
Caps2:47
Caps3:0
Caps4:13
Caps5:38
Caps6:21
Goals1:14
Goals2:3
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:1
Nationalyears1:2005–
Nationalteam1:Finland
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:8 October 2009
Nationalteam-Update:17 December 2009

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

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.

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