Nikolas Saira
Finnish footballer (born 1999)
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Nikolas Saira (born 11 February 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for HIFK.[1]
Date of birth
11 February 1999
Place of birth
Helsinki, Finland
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position
Forward
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Saira with HIFK in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HIFK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Honka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Espoo | 19 | (4) |
| 2017–2021 | HIFK | 32 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Gnistan (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → MyPa (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | AC Oulu | 20 | (3) |
| 2022 | Olbia | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | HIFK | 17 | (2) |
| 2025– | HIFK | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Finland U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2016 | Finland U18 | 4 | (2) |
| 2017 | Finland U19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 August 2017 | |||
Club career
International career
Saira was a youth international for Finland.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 23 September 2024.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Honka Akatemia | 2015 | Nelonen | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Espoo | 2016 | Kakkonen | 19 | 4 | – | 19 | 4 | |
| HIFK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | Ykkönen | 12 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| HIFK II | 2017 | Kolmonen | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kolmonen | 5 | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | ||
| Total | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Gnistan (loan) | 2017 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| MYPA (loan) | 2020 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| AC Oulu | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| OLS | 2021 | Kakkonen | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| Olbia | 2021–22 | Serie C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| HIFK | 2023 | Ykkönen | 17 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| HIFK | 2025 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 114 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 136 | 16 | ||
