Tapio Heikkilä

Tapio Heikkilä
Heikkilä 2011
Personnel
birthday	April 8, 1990
place of birth	Espoo ,  Finland
size	185 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
	FC Honka Espoo
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2008-2013	FC Honka Espoo	71 (6)
2013-2016	HJK Helsinki	85 (6)
2016	Seinäjoen JK	0 (0)
2016-2017	Start Kristiansand	55 (4)
2018–	Sandnes Ulf	39 (6)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Finland U-19	2 (0)
	Finland U-21	5 (0)
2014-2016	Finland	3 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of February 4, 2018

Tapio Heikkilä (born April 8, 1990 in Espoo ) is a Finnish football player who is currently under contract at Start Kristiansand .

Career

societies

Heikkilä began his career in the youth of his hometown club, FC Honka Espoo , and moved up to the professional squad there in January 2008. On the 5th matchday of the 2008 season , the central defender made his debut in the Veikkausliiga in a 7-0 win against Haka Valkeakoski . He scored his first league goal in a 2-4 away win against Turku PS on matchday 17 of the 2011 season . In February 2013, Heikkilä moved to the Finnish record champions HJK Helsinki after more than 70 league games for Espoo . In 2014 , with Helsinki as a regular player, he became Finnish champions and cup winners. In the following Europa League season Helsinki failed in Group B at Club Bruges and FC Turin . Heikkilä was used in the second leg against Turin and FC Copenhagen .

In February 2016 Heikkilä moved to the Norwegian Tippeligaen at Start Kristiansand . There he was able to score his first goal for the new club on his debut on matchday 1 in a 1-1 draw against Lillestrøm SK . There, too, he was able to establish himself as a regular defender, but rose at the end of the season with his club in the 2nd division. The direct resurgence succeeded, to which Heikkilä was able to contribute significantly with 25 missions in central defense; However, he himself stayed in the 2nd Norwegian league and joined Sandnes Ulf for the 2018 season . There he was immediately placed in central defense and has been able to defend his regular place so far.

National team

Heikkilä played several times for the Finnish U-19 and U-21 . For the qualifying game for the 2014 World Cup against France on October 15, 2013, he was in the squad of the Finnish national team for the first time , but was not used. He finally made his debut on October 31, 2013, when he came on as a substitute for Jani Tanska at halftime in the 4-2 defeat by Mexico . In January 2016, two more appearances followed in the defeats in the friendly games against Sweden and Iceland . Since then it has not been taken into account.

Web links

• Tapio Heikkilä in the database of weltfussball.de
• Tapio Heikkilä in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match report ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at transfermarkt.de, accessed on July 23, 2016.