Roni Porokara

Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish former international footballer.

Club career

FC Hämeenlinna

On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-year spell with Hämeenlinna, he made 46 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

FC Honka

He joined FC Honka in 2005, and played there until the end of 2007, making 76 league appearances and scoring 24 goals.

Örebro SK

In 2008, Porokara moved to the Swedish Premier Division side Örebro SK staying there until the end of 2010, making 84 league appearances and scoring 11 goals.

At the end of the 2009 Allsvenskan season, after playing for a year in Örebro SK, Porokara entered into negotiations with Israeli clubs, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Porokara attracted interest from Maccabi Haifa due to his eligibility to receive Israeli citizenship under the law of return. He was set to transfer to Maccabi Haifa in January 2010, for $700,000, but the deal fell through.

In August 2010, Porokara attracted interest from number of clubs in Europe. Wigan Athletic from the Premier League was the big name out of this clubs along with Cesena from Serie A, and a few clubs from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. After Örebro finished third in 2010, Porokara announced that he would not renew his contract with the Swedes.

Beerschot AC

On 3 December 2010 he signed with Beerschot,Porokara signs with Beerschot
where he stayed until the summer of 2012, before moving to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

Back to FC Honka

Porokara returned to FC Honka in 2015 after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems. After appearing five times and scoring once, Porokara was forced to retire from active football because of a hip problem.

International career

On 13 April 2005, Porokara made his only appearance for the Finnish under-21 side in a friendly match against their Estonian counterparts. His full national team debut came a year later on 25 May 2006 in a friendly against Sweden. Porokara was a late substitute and only got a minute on the pitch.

On 8 November 2010, Porokara scored the winning goal against Belgium in friendly game.

International goals

''Updated 12 December 2009''

Honours

Club

FC Honka

* Ykkönen: 2005

Individual

* BV Cup Player of the Tournament: 2006
* Veikkausliiga All-Star Team: 2006

Statistics

See also

* List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

External links

Profile on Finnish national team website




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1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Helsinki
Finnish footballers
Finnish expatriate footballers
Finland international footballers
Finland under-21 international footballers
Finnish Jews
Jewish footballers
Veikkausliiga players
Allsvenskan players
Belgian First Division A players
Israeli Premier League players
FinnPa players
FC Jokerit players
AC Allianssi players
FC Hämeenlinna players
FC Honka players
Örebro SK players
Beerschot A.C. players
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players
Klubi 04 players
Association football wingers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Israel
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Israel