Jukka Rantala

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Jukka Rantala
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-01) August 1, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Rauma, Finland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Pallo-Iirot 40 (0)
1995 Kuusysi 17 (0)
1996 Haka 15 (0)
1996 Pallo-Iirot 1 (0)
1997–2000 Haka 65 (0)
2001 Charleston Battery 25 (0)
2002–2003 Haka 40 (0)
2003 Pallo-Sepot-44 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jukka Rantala is a retired Finnish association football player who played professionally in Finland and the USL A-League.

Rantal spent his entire career in the Finnish leagues except for the 2001 season. That year, he played for the Charleston Battery in the USL A-League. On April 9, 2002, Rantala returned to Haka.[1] Rantala gained his greatest success with FC Haka. In 1998, Haka won the league title. The team also won the 1997 and 2002 Finnish Cup. The 1998 victory put them into the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they fell to Panionios G.S.S. in the first round.

References[edit]

  1. ^ STT. "Jukka Rantala sopimukseen Hakan kanssa | Urheilu". Kaleva.fi. Retrieved 2013-10-04.