Jukka Toijala (born 9 May 1972) is a Finnish professional

basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...

and former player, currently serving as the coach for HBA-Marsky Helsinki, and the

Estonia men's national basketball team The Estonia men's national basketball team ( et, Eesti korvpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association. The team competed in their first international tourname ...

Coaching career

Club coaching career

From 2010 to 2016, Toijala coached Finnish team Kataja Basket. From 2016 until 2019, he was the head coach of Steaua București in the

Romanian first league The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

. Since 2019, Toijala is the head coach of HBA-Marsky Helsinki in the Finnish second league.

National team coaching career

Since 2010, Toijala has been the assistant coach of the senior

Finnish national basketball team The Finland men's national basketball team ( fi, Suomen koripallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands herrlandslag i basket) represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has playe ...

. On 23 October 2019, Jukka Toijala became head coach of the Estonian men's national basketball team.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

RealGM profile

Videos

Jukka Toijala - 19.4.2011
- Youtube.com video {{DEFAULTSORT:Toijala, Jukka 1972 births Living people Finnish basketball coaches Finnish men's basketball players People from Kouvola Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso