Jorma Vaihela
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Full name
Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela
Date of birth
30 September 1925
Place of birth
Raahe, Finland
Date of death
9 February 2006 (aged 80)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Raahe, Finland | ||
| Date of death | 9 February 2006 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Kungälv, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | TuTo | ||
| 1949 | PoPa | ||
| 1950–1951 | RU-38 | ||
| 1952–1954 | TuTo | ||
| 1954–1957 | IK Oddevold | 34 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1947–1954 | Finland | 34 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38,[1] and in Sweden for IK Oddevold.[2] He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons.[3]
