Mika Sankala (born 16 November 1964) is a Finnish

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 ...

manager and a former footballer. He is currently the assistant coach for Finland women's national football team. He played three seasons in the Finnish premier league Mestaruussarja for

Sepsi-78 Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho ...

and PPT Pori and three seasons in Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

for

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

. Sankala has coached GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan and

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

and Umeå IK in women's

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

. January 2013 he joined the coaching staff of Finland women's national team.

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1964 births Finnish footballers Finnish football managers Swedish football managers Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Sweden Mestaruussarja players Allsvenskan players FC Jazz players GIF Sundsvall players People from Kemi Living people Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub