Tommi Vesala (born 12 January 1986) is a Finnish football player currently playing for Finnish Veikkausliiga side

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

. Vesala began his career as a junior in

FC Kasiysi FC Kasiysi is a Finnish football club established in 1989 (''Kasiysi'' means 89 in Finnish). The club is located in the city of Espoo and specialises in youth football at all levels. FC Kasiysi also serves as a youth developmental club for FC Espoo ...

. During his senior career he played at Finnish second and third tiers, Ykkönen and Kakkonen, in FC Espoo,

FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. It currently plays in the Finnish third Division (''Kakkonen''). The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala. The team was formed in 1991. ...

and

FC Viikingit FC Viikingit is a Finnish football club based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki, and currently playing in the ''Kakkonen'', the third tier of Finnish football. They play their home matches at Vuosaaren urheilukenttä, also called Heteniitty. The club ...

before joining Veikkausliiga side Myllykosken Pallo for the season 2011. He made his league debut on 12 May 2011. After successful season in 2014, HIFK introduced Vesala as their new player with a contract length of one year.

Playing style

Vesala is described as being very versatile player with capability to play in many different roles, for example as a winger or a midfielder. First of all he's being praised of his work rate and being a player who pushes himself to the limits for the good of the whole team.

Personal life

In addition to his professional football career, Vesala is also a

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. He's also a musician in a band called And the Band, which is formed by other members

Tero Karhu Tero Karhu (born 28 September 1979) is a Finnish sport journalist and former footballer who represented FC Viikingit of the Finnish First Division. He usually played as a central midfielder. Nowadays, Karhu hosts Finnish Premier Division match ...

and Eetu Kaipio. Vesala lives in

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, a central district of Helsinki.

References

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Profile at veikkausliiga.com
1986 births Living people Finnish men's footballers FC Hämeenlinna players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Veikkausliiga players FC Viikingit players FC Espoo players Men's association football defenders {{Finland-footy-defender-stub