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 ...

manager and a former footballer. He is currently the assistant coach for

Finland women's national football team The Finland women's national football team, also known as nickname The Boreal Owls ( fi, Helmarit), represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi- ...

. He played three seasons in the Finnish premier league

Mestaruussarja Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990. In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that from 1908 to ...

for Sepsi-78 and

PPT Pori FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ). History PPT 1934–1991 FC Jazz was established in 1934 as Po ...

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. 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