Paulus Roiha
Finnish footballer (born 1980)
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Paulus Roiha (born 3 August 1980) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Honka | |||
| –2000 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Honka | 32 | (7) |
| 1999–2001 | HJK | 65 | (33) |
| 2002–2003 | Utrecht | 39 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Zwolle | 11 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Cercle Brugge | 41 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | ADO Den Haag | 10 | (0) |
| 2007 | Újpest | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | HJK | 23 | (8) |
| 2010 | Åtvidaberg | 28 | (7) |
| 2011 | KuPS | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 259 | (73) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2010 | Finland | 20 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Roiha began his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with HJK Helsinki. He was the top scorer in Finland in 2001 with 22 goals. In September 2001 he scored twice for the club against Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie, which HJK eventually lost 3–2 on aggregate.
He transferred to Utrecht from HJK in 2001 for a €500,000 transfer fee. Roiha has since also played for Zwolle in the Netherlands and for Cercle Brugge in Belgium. He joined ADO Den Haag on a free transfer from Cercle Brugge during the January 2006 transfer window playing his first Eredivisie match with them on 28 January 2007.[1]
After a short stint with Hungarian club Újpest, the club released him because of an injury in January 2010, and a few days later he signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki. However, injuries kept him sidelined for most of the 2009 season and he was released by HJK at the end of the season. In 2010, Roiha joined newly promoted Allsvenskan club Åtvidabergs FF on a free transfer. The club, however, suffered relegation to Superettan and he left after the season.[2] In the 2011 season, Roiha played for Finnish club KuPS. After the season, he decided to retire from football.[3]
International career
Roiha played his first match for the Finnish national team on 1 February 2001 against Sweden; however, he was not able to become a regular for Finland in qualifying matches due to injuries.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 December 2011
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Honka | 1997 | Ykkönen | — | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | Ykkönen | — | — | |||||||||
| 1999 | Ykkönen | — | — | |||||||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | — | — | 32 | 7 | ||||||
| HJK | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 3 | 35 | 14 | |
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 35 | 23 | |
| Total | 65 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 37 | ||
| Utrecht | 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2002–03 | Eredivisie | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| PEC Zwolle | 2003–04 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Cercle Brugge | 2004–05 | Belgian First Division | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 9 | ||
| 2005–06 | Belgian First Division | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | ||
| ADO Den Haag | 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Újpest | 2007–08 | NB I | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| HJK | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 |
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2009 | Ykkönen | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| Åtvidaberg | 2010 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 7 | — | — | — | 28 | 7 | |||
| KuPS | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 262 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 279 | 83 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup
- Includes Finnish League Cup
International
| Finland | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |||||||
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 20 | 4 | |||||||
International goals
- Finland's score first.
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 February 2005 | Nicosia, Cyprus |  Cyprus | 2–1 | Win | Friendly |
| 2. | ||||||
| 3. | 17 October 2005 | Skopje, Macedonia |  Macedonia | 3–0 | Win | 2006 World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 21 January 2006 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Draw | Friendly |