Tuomas Aho (born 27 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional

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who played as a

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. He made more than 300 appearances in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

, and had a short stint abroad with

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

club AGF.

Career

Early years

Aho played youth football for KeuPa, Kumu JT, FC Kouvola and

FC Kuusankoski FC Kuusankoski is a football club from Kuusankoski, Kouvola in Finland. The club was formed in 1996 and their home ground is at the Kuusankosken urheilupuisto. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen (Second Division). The head c ...

. He made his senior debut for the latter in the 1998 season. He made his debut in the

on 27 June 1999 for MyPa in a match against

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. He won the

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with the club in 2004.

AGF

On 23 December 2004, Aho signed with

club AGF after his contract with MyPa had expired. He made his debut on 20 March 2005, coming on as an substitute in stoppage time for Tobias Grahn in a 2–1 home win over

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. He played his first full game on 7 May in a 3–1 away loss to AaB.

Return to Finland

Aho returned to Finland on 1 May 2006, signing with HJK. He played for the club through three seasons, before returning to MyPa on 3 December 2008. He served as

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of both HJK and MyPa. On 13 March 2015, Aho signed a one-year contract with

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 ...

, who were newly promoted to the top division.

Personal life

Aho has studied sport pedagogy at the

University of Jyväskylä The University of Jyväskylä ( fi, Jyväskylän yliopisto) is a research university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking Teacher Training College (the so-called Teacher Seminary), founded in 1863. Ar ...

Honours

MyPa *

: 2004 HJK *

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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aho, Tuomas 1981 births Living people People from Parikkala Finnish footballers Finland youth international footballers Finland under-21 international footballers Finland international footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Association football defenders Veikkausliiga players Danish Superliga players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players HIFK Fotboll players Expatriate footballers in Denmark Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Sportspeople from South Karelia University of Jyväskylä alumni