Juha Pekka Hakola (born 27 October 1987) is a Finnish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a winger for

Grankulla IFK Grankulla Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finland, Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football (soccer), footba ...

in the

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen (Finnish for 'Number Two' ...

Club career

Hakola played two seasons for

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ...

. Hakola was named the Meistriliiga Footballer of the Year for his performances for Flora in 2007. In 2007, he also went on trial with

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

. On 30 December it was announced that Hakola signed a 1.5-year contract with

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in the

Dutch Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. He made his league debut for the new team on 17 January 2009 against ADO Den Haag. Hakola scored his first goal in Eredivisie from a freekick on 19 April 2009 against

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

. On 25 June 2010 Hakola signed a 2+1 year contract with Willem II. Next summer however, following Willem's relegation from Eredivisie, Hakola left the club and signed a two-year contract with

Ferencváros Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. History The development of Fe ...

in Hungary. In 2013, he had a brief stint in his home country, playing for

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

. Next year, Hakola signed a contract with

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadiu ...

. Hakola signed with

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

for the 2019 season. The deal was announced already on 15 November 2018. In June 2020, Hakola signed with

International career

Hakola was nominated for the

Finland national football team The Finland national football team ( fi, Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body ...

on 5 February 2009 for a friendly international match with Portugal, he entered as a substitute late in the game. He had been a member of the under 21 national team, and also has one cap for the under 23 team.

Honours

;Ferencváros *

Hungarian League Cup The Hungarian League Cup ( hu, Magyar Ligakupa) was an annual football tournament contested by clubs in the Hungarian League. It was created in 2007 and the competition only lasted for 8 seasons, being cancelled in 2015/2016. Ligakupa Finals The ...

(1): 2012–13

Individual

* Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season: 2007

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakola, Juha 1987 births Living people Footballers from Espoo Finnish footballers Association football midfielders Finland international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FC Flora players Heracles Almelo players Willem II (football club) players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Aris Limassol FC players Eredivisie players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kuopion Palloseura players Vaasan Palloseura players FC Honka players Veikkausliiga players Cypriot First Division players Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Estonia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Hungary Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Klubi 04 players Grankulla IFK players Kakkonen players