Tuomas Uusimäki

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Tuomas Uusimäki
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-09) 9 July 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
GBK
KPV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 KPV 19 (6)
1997 GBK 17 (1)
1998 Jaro 20 (0)
1999 Närpes Kraft 23 (1)
2000–2001 VPS 43 (1)
2001–2004 BK Häcken 94 (3)
2005–2006 Örgryte 45 (2)
2007 Grazer AK 11 (0)
2007–2009 KPV 60 (6)
International career
1998–1999 Finland U21 4 (0)
2005–2006 Finland 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2024

Tuomas Uusimäki (born 9 July 1977) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder. He was capped five times for Finland national football team during 2005–2006.

Club career[edit]

Uusimäki started playing in local clubs GBK and KPV in Kokkola.[1]

After playing for other Ostrobotnian clubs FF Jaro, Närpes Kraft and VPS in the second-tier Ykkönen and top-tier Veikkausliiga, Uusimäki joined BK Häcken in Sweden in 2001. He spent three seasons with Häcken before signing with Allsvenskan club Örgryte IS for the 2005 season, after the recommendation by the team's head coach Jukka Ikäläinen.[2][3][4]

On 15 January 2007, Uusimäki signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Austrian Bundesliga club Grazer AK.[5] However, due to the club's severe financial problems,[6] he terminated his contract next summer.[7] Grazer AK was later banned from participating in competitions, and eventually dissolved.

In June 2007, Uusimäki returned to Finland and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with his former club KPV.[8] He retired after the 2009 season.

International career[edit]

Uusimäki was a regular Finnish youth international, before debuting with the Finland senior national team in 2005, aged 28.

Coaching career[edit]

Later Uusimäki has worked as a youth coach in KPV.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 21 February 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
KPV 1996 Kakkonen 19 6
GBK 1997 Ykkönen 19 1
Jaro 1998 Veikkausliiga 20 0
Närpes Kraft 1999 Ykkönen 23 1
VPS 2000 Veikkausliiga 28 1
2001 Veikkausliiga 15 0
Total 43 1
BK Häcken 2001 Allsvenskan 7 0
2002 Superettan 29 0
2003 Superettan 29 1
2004 Superettan 29 2
Total 94 3
Örgryte 2005 Allsvenskan 23 2
2006 Allsvenskan 22 0
Total 45 2
Grazer AK 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga 11 0
KPV 2007 Ykkönen 17 2
2008 Ykkönen 18 2
2009 Ykkönen 25 2
Total 60 6
Career total 334 20

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kokkolalainen Tuomas Uusimäki intoutui treenaamaan lukioikäisenä useita tunteja päivässä ja loi uran ammattijalkapalloilijana Ruotsin ja Itävallan pääsarjoissa sekä A-maajoukkueessa – "Yleensä tarvitsee vähän tuuriakin, että huipulle pääsee", Keskipohjanmaa, 13 June 2020
  2. ^ Tuomas Uu­si­mä­ki so­pi­muk­seen Örg­ry­ten kanssa, Kaleva, 20 March 2005
  3. ^ Uusimäki siirtyy Örgryten riveihin, Yle, 20 March 2005
  4. ^ Tuomas Uusimäki Örgryteen, Helsingin Sanomat, 19 March 2005
  5. ^ Tuomas Uusimäki till Österrike, Svenska Yle, 15 January 2007
  6. ^ Tuomas Uusimäen uusi seura on talousvaikeuksissa, Ilta-Sanomat, 16 January 2007
  7. ^ Uusimäki näytillä Fredrikstadissa, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 May 2007
  8. ^ Jalkapalloilija Uusimäki palaa kasvattajaseuraansa, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 27 June 2007
  9. ^ Tuomas Uusimäki 06 poikien valmennukseen, kpv.fi, 13 July 2020
  10. ^ Tuomas Uusimäki, Finnish FA

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