Antti Sumiala
Antti Markus Sumiala (born 20 February 1974) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a striker. He played his last years in his hometown team FC PoPa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antti Markus Sumiala | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1974[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pori, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| PPT | |||
| Anderlecht | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | PPT | 24 | (7) |
| 1992 | Ikast | ||
| 1993 | Jazz | 29 | (20) |
| 1994 | Ikast | 14 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | Emmen | 17 | (9) |
| 1995–1997 | NEC Nijmegen | 66 | (17) |
| 1997–1999 | Twente | 32 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Jokerit | 52 | (16) |
| 2000–2001 | SSV Reutlingen | 13 | (2) |
| 2001 | Jazz | 14 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 15 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | IFK Norrköping | 33 | (20) |
| 2003–2004 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 13 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Vaduz | 27 | (9) |
| 2005 | Kansas City Wizards | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | PoPa | 100 | (54) |
| 2010 | MuSa | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 452 | (179) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2004 | Finland | 36 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was born in Pori and started playing football with local club Porin Pallo-Toverit before joining the youth team of Belgian side RSC Anderlecht.
Besides in his native Finland, Sumiala has played in Danish Superliga, Danish 1st Division, Eerste Divisie, Eredivisie, 2. Bundesliga, Süper Lig, Allsvenskan, Swiss Challenge League and MLS.
Sumiala has also worked as a sporting director of PoPa and is a main owner the club.[2]
International career
Sumiala appeared 36 times for the Finnish national team, scoring nine goals. He made his debut on 12 February 1992 in a friendly against Turkey (1-1).
| International goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 26 October 1994 | Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 0–3 | 0–7 | Friendly |
| 2. | 0–7 | |||||
| 3. | 16 November 1994 | Helsinki, Finland | Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 4. | 29 March 1995 | San Marino | San Marino | 0–2 | 0–2 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 5. | 6 October 1996 | Helsinki, Finland | Switzerland | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 6. | 30 April 1997 | Oslo, Norway | Norway | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 7. | 8 June 1997 | Helsinki, Finland | Azerbaijan | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 8. | 6 September 1997 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Switzerland | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 9. | 11 October 1997 | Helsinki, Finland | Hungary | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porin Pallo-Toverit | 1989 | Ykkönen | 5 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1990 | Ykkönen | 11 | 4 | – | – | 11 | 4 | |||
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||
| Total | 24 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 7 | ||
| Ikast | 1992–93 | Danish 1st Division | 6 | – | – | 6 | ||||
| Jazz | 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 20 | – | – | 29 | 20 | ||
| Lokeren | 1993–94 | Belgian Second Division | 28 | 14 | 2 | 1 | – | 30 | 15 | |
| Ikast | 1994–95 | Danish Superliga | 14 | 4 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| Emmen | 1994–95 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 9 | – | – | 17 | 9 | ||
| NEC Nijmegen | 1995–96 | Eredivisie | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | 37 | 9 | |
| 1996–97 | Eredivisie | 33 | 8 | 4 | 3 | – | 37 | 11 | ||
| Total | 66 | 17 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 74 | 20 | ||
| Twente | 1997–98 | Eredivisie | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 37 | 8 |
| 1998–99 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 8 | ||
| Jokerit | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 35 | 12 | |
| Total | 49 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 20 | ||
| SSV Reutlingen | 2000–01 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | |
| Jazz | 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 8 | |
| Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 2001–02 | Süper Lig | 15 | 5 | – | – | 15 | 5 | ||
| IFK Norrköping | 2002 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 11 | – | – | 12 | 11 | ||
| 2003 | Superettan | 21 | 9 | – | – | 21 | 9 | |||
| Total | 33 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 20 | ||
| Akçaabat Sebatspor | 2003–04 | Süper Lig | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
| Vaduz | 2004–05 | Swiss Challenge League | 28 | 9 | 4 | 7 | – | 32 | 16 | |
| Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | MLS | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Porin Palloilijat | 2006 | Kakkonen | 19 | 13 | – | – | 19 | 13 | ||
| 2007 | Kakkonen | 21 | 12 | – | – | 21 | 12 | |||
| 2008 | Kakkonen | 24 | 22 | – | – | 24 | 22 | |||
| 2009 | Ykkönen | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2010 | Ykkönen | 12 | 3 | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 100 | 54 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 101 | 54 | ||
| Career total | 479 | 198 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 515 | 215 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup, Belgian Cup, KNVB Beker, Turkish Cup and Swiss Cup
- Includes UEFA Cup
- Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
References
- Antti Sumiala at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile
- Soccerway profile
- "Antti Sumiala tekee paluun MuSa:n paidassa | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi". yle.fi. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Antti Sumiala, worldfootball
- Antti Sumiala, National-Football-Teams
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