Tero Mäntylä (born 18 April 1991) is a

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who most lately played as a defender for SJK.

Career

A product of his local club

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club

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in February 2008, only at the age of 16, signing a three-year contract. However, during his time in England, he never got any chance to prove his merit and only managed to play in two reserve league matches. After his link with Portsmouth expired, he signed with

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in August 2010. After the 2011 season his contract with Inter expired and he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Ludogorets.Mäntylä to Bulgaria
Mäntylä left the team from

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in the summer of 2014 and moved back to

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. He made his debut in the national team in Helsinki in a friendly game against

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on 21 May 2014 (2−2).

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Ludogorets * Bulgarian A Group: 2011–12,

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, 2013–14 *

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: 2011–12, 2013–14 *

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* 1991 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers TP-Seinäjoki players Portsmouth F.C. players FC Inter Turku players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players Aalesunds FK players HIFK Fotboll players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Men's association football defenders Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Finland-footy-defender-stub