Jussi Vasara (born 14 May 1987) is a retired Finnish footballer who most recently played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.

Jussi Vasara
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
MPS
HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Klubi 04
2007–2014 FC Honka 167 (33)
2015–2016 SJK 59 (11)
International career
Finland U-15
Finland U-16
Finland U-17
Finland U-19
Finland U-20
2008–2009 Finland U-21[2] 6 (2)
Medal record
Honka
Runner-up Finnish Cup 2007
Runner-up Finnish Cup 2008
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2008
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2009
Winner Finnish League Cup 2010
Winner Finnish League Cup 2011
Winner Finnish Cup 2012
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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Vasara represented Finland U21 in the Under 21 European Championships in 2009. He made two crucial goals as a substitute in his U-21 debut match against Austria in the qualifying play-off second leg to take the tie into extra time. Vasara was chosen to the Veikkausliiga team of the Month for September 2014.[3] In January 2015 he signed two-year deal with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.[4]

Personal

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He is the younger brother of former Finland international player Vesa Vasara.

References

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  1. ^ "FC Honka". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Veikkausliiga | HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Jussi Vasara ja SJK kaksivuotiseen sopimukseen". sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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