Tuomas Uusimäki
| Tuomas Uusimäki | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | July 9, 1977 | |
| place of birth | Kokkola , Finland | |
| size | 187 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1996 | Kokkola PV | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1996 | Kokkola PV | 19 (6) |
| 1997 | Gamlakarleby Bollklubb | 17 (1) |
| 1998 | FF Jaro | 20 (0) |
| 1999 | Narpe's strength | 23 (1) |
| 2000-2001 | Vaasan PS | 43 (1) |
| 2001-2004 | BK hooks | 94 (3) |
| 2005-2006 | Örgryte IS | 45 (2) |
| 2007 | Graz AK | 11 (0) |
| 2007-2009 | Kokkola PV | 60 (6) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1998-1999 | Finland U-21 | 4 (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Finland | 5 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Tuomas Uusimäki (born July 9, 1977 in Kokkola ) is a former Finnish football player . The defensive midfielder made his debut for the Finnish national team in 2005 , for whom he appeared five times before his last game in 2006.
Career
Uusimäki began his career at Kokkola PV before joining local rivals Gamlakarleby Bollklubb in the second-rate Ykkönen . In 1998 he moved to FF Jaro in the Veikkausliiga , with the team, however, as bottom of the table, he missed relegation in the top division of Finland. Thereupon the second division team Närpes Kraft recruited him , for which he ran up a season. In 2000 Uusimäki moved again to the Veikkausliiga, this time he joined the Vaasan PS .
In the summer of 2001 Uusimäki moved abroad and signed a contract with the Swedish club BK Häcken . In the Allsvenskan he was at the side of Tobias Hysén , Johan Lind and Christoffer Källqvist straight away, but rose with the club in the Superettan . Under coach Jörgen Lennartsson , he only missed the relegation place to Allsvenskan as fourth in the table because of the poorer goal difference against Gothenburg local rivals Västra Frölunda IF . The following year he placed himself with the team on the relegation place, where he failed with the club after a 1: 2 home defeat despite a 1-0 away win due to the away goals rule at GIF Sundsvall . Still a regular player, he reached in the second division season 2004 with the club as second in the table, the promotion to the top division of the country.
Due to his good performance, however, local rivals Örgryte IS Uusimäki from BK Häcken. Here, too, he was at the side of Anders Prytz , Dick Last , Christian Hemberg and Paulinho Guará Stammkraft and reached ninth place in the Allsvenskan with the club. He also played his way into the national team, for which he made his debut on November 12 in a 2-2 draw against the Estonian national team. In the following season he did not succeed at club level, as bottom of the table he rose with the club from the first division.
Uusimäki therefore left the club after the end of the season and was signed by the Grazer AK . In Austria, he played for his new club until the end of the championship in the summer, but due to violations of the license rules and non-compliance with payment agreements due to massive point deductions - in total there was a point deduction of 28 points, so that the club with six season points the Season ended - the season ended as relegated. He then returned to Finland and joined his first play station Kokkola PV. By 2009 he made 60 league appearances in a total of three years, in which he scored six goals. After that, Uusimäki largely withdrew from active football.
Web links
- Tuomas Uusimäki in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uusimäki, Tuomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kokkola , Finland |