Atte Hoivala

Atte Hoivala ( born February 10, 1992) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Kuopio PS in the First Division. He is the son of Finnish Volleyball Coaches Timo Hoivala.

Hoivala completed his professional debut on April 18, 2009 Round 1 of the 2009 season, when he appeared as a substitute in the 1:5 defeat to HJK Helsinki in the 76 minutes for Ilya Venäläinen. By the end of the season he still came to 11 other missions, where he stood on the last 5 days, each game in the starting lineup. In addition, he completed two games in the Suomen Cup.

Hoivala is currently in the squad of the Finnish U-19 national team, for whom he made ​​his debut on August 11, 2009. In the friendly match against the Swedish U-19 he played at the start and was replaced in the 60th minute for Juuso Salonen. In his second game in the 1-2 defeat against Russia, he scored the first goal in the 90th minute.