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Finnish footballer (1925-2006)

Jorma Vaihela
Personal information
Full name Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela
Date of birth (1925-09-30)30 September 1925
Place of birth Raahe, Finland
Date of death 9 February 2006(2006-02-09) (aged 80)
Place of death Kungälv, Sweden
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 TuTo
1949 PoPa
1950–1951 RU-38
1952–1954 TuTo
1954–1957 IK Oddevold 34 (0)
International career
1947–1954 Finland 34 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.

Club career

Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38, and in Sweden for IK Oddevold. He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons.

International career

Vaihela earned 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals. Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Vaihela's son Seppo played international bandy for Sweden, and worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012, and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association.

References

  1. "Jorma Vaihela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. "Oddevold.se – Spelare år för år 1951–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 357. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. "Finland – International Player Records". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. "Jorma Vaihela". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. "Jorma Vaihela". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  7. Seppo Vaihela slutar som klubbdirektör, IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 77 March 2013
  8. Sveriges television: "Seppo Vaihela lamnar bandyforbundet", 20 February 2006, retrieved 21 July 2017
Finland squad – 1952 Summer Olympics
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