Jukka Ikäläinen (born 14 May 1957 in
Söderhamn,
Sweden
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) is a retired
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
During his club career, Ikäläinen played for
Kemin Into
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,
Örgryte IS,
GIF Sundsvall
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,
Kiruna FF and
Kemin Palloseura
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History
The club was established on October 21, 1999 ...
. He also played international football for the Finland national team.
He was the
Finnish Football Association footballer of the year in 1985.
External links
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1957 births
Living people
People from Söderhamn
Finnish men's footballers
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Finland men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
GIF Sundsvall players
Örgryte IS players
Allsvenskan players
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Finnish football managers
Finland national football team managers
Rovaniemen Palloseura managers
Vaasan Palloseura managers
Örgryte IS managers
Expatriate football managers in Sweden
Mestaruussarja players
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