Iiro Aalto (born 19 July 1977) is a Finnish former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then moved to

FC Haka FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...

and spent most of his career at

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history i ...

but from December 2007 played for Cypriot club

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

. He started his career in

Pallo-Iirot Pallo-Iirot (abbreviated P-Iirot) is a football club from Rauma in Finland. The club was formed in 1930 and their home ground is at the Äijänsuon stadion. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen. The Chairman of Pallo-Iirot is ...

. Aalto returned to

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

in May 2008 to play for Tampere United. After his loan spell at Tampere he moved to TPS Turku.

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Guardian Football

Finland Report 1977 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers FC Haka players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Olympiakos Nicosia players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Veikkausliiga players Cypriot First Division players Men's association football defenders {{Finland-footy-defender-stub