| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mika Antero Kottila | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-09-22)22 September 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | Helsingin Ponnistus | 26 | (8) |
| 1994–1995 | HJK | 33 | (6) |
| 1996 | RoPS | 14 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Hereford United | 13 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | HJK | 51 | (8) |
| 1999 | Brann[1] | 13 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Trelleborg | 45 | (9) |
| 2002–2004 | HJK | 74 | (33) |
| 2005–2006 | Lahti | 32 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2004 | Finland | 32 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mika Antero Kottila, nicknamedHirvi, (born 22 September 1974) is a Finnish former professionalfootballer. He played as aforward and spent the vast majority of his career playing inNordic countries.[2][3]
Kottila was born inVantaa, Finland. He joinedRoPS in 1992. He had a spell on loan atHereford United during the1996–97 season. He made 13 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.
He then joinedHJK Helsinki for the second of three spells, having previously played for the club during the 1994 season. He made 157 appearances and scored 56 goals for the club during his three spells.The top moment of his career came when he scored two goals for HJK in theUEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.
He joined a NorwegianTippeligaen clubSK Brann for a €500,000 transfer fee, where he was in the 1999 season,[1] and then Sweden to play forTrelleborgs FF. A third spell at HJK followed between 2002 and 2004. He also featured in the 2004UEFA Champions League playing against the likes ofLinfield andMaccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the qualifying rounds.
Between 2005 and 2006 he played forFC Lahti in theFinnish Premier Division.
He was capped 32 times forFinland, scoring seven goals between 1998 and 2004.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MPS | 1991 | Kolmonen | ||||||||
| 1992 | Kolmonen | |||||||||
| Total | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 21 | ||
| Ponnistus | 1992 | Kakkonen | 26 | 8 | – | – | 26 | 8 | ||
| HJK | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 2 | – | 2[b] | 1 | 14 | 3 | |
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 4 | – | 3[c] | 2 | 24 | 6 | ||
| Total | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 9 | ||
| RoPS | 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 2 | – | – | 14 | 2 | ||
| Hereford United | 1996–97 | Third Division | 13 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| HJK | 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 7 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[d] | 2 | 36 | 3 | |
| Total | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 10 | ||
| Brann | 1999 | Tippeligaen | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 15 | 3 | |
| Brann 2 | 1999 | 2. divisjon | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Trelleborg | 2000 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 7 | – | – | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2001 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 2 | – | – | 22 | 2 | |||
| Total | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
| HJK | 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 18 | – | 2[e] | 0 | 31 | 18 | |
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 1 | 28 | 12 | |
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 7 | – | 4[d] | 2 | 26 | 9 | ||
| Total | 74 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 85 | 38 | ||
| Lahti | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | – | – | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 2 | – | – | 7 | 2 | |||
| Total | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 339 | 97 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 369 | 106 | ||
| Finland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 7 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 February 2000 | Rajamangala Stadium,Bangkok, Thailand |  Estonia | 1–0 | 4–2 | King's Cup |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 15 February 2001 | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium,Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Kuwait | 1–0 | 3–4 | Friendly |
| 4 | 4 January 2002 | Bahrain National Stadium,Riffa, Bahrain |  Bahrain | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 10 January 2002 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain |  North Macedonia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 3–0 | |||||
| 7 | 29 January 2003 | Hasely Crawford Stadium,Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
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