Saku Puhakainen

Saku Puhakainen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-01-14) 14 January 1975
Place of birth	Lappeenranta, Finland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992	Rakuunat	18	(2)
1993–1994	Kultsu	43	(17)
1995	Kuusysi	25	(8)
1996–1999	TPS	100	(30)
1997	→ Aarhus Fremad (loan)	3	(1)
2000–2009	MYPA	257	(75)
2010	Kultsu	9	(8)
International career
1997	Finland	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2010

Saku Puhakainen (born 14 January 1975) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a striker.

Since 2000 Puhakainen played for MyPa in the Finnish premier division, Veikkausliiga. His earlier clubs include FC Kuusysi and Turun Palloseura. He achieved the Veikkausliiga top scorer title in 2003. With MyPa he has won the Finnish Cup in 2004 and the Finnish championship in 2005. After being released from MYPA, he returned to Kultsu FC playing in third division. During his career, he made 382 appearances and scored 114 goals in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga.

Puhakainen played three times for Finland and scored twice under coach Richard Møller Nielsen in 1997.

References

• Profile at Guardian's Stats Centre at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 September 2012)

External links

• Saku Puhakainen at National-Football-Teams.com