Jukka Raitala

Jukka Raitala, 2011

Jukka Raitala ( born September 15, 1988 in Kerava ) is a Finnish football players.

Career

Association

At the age of seven years, Raitala joined the youth section of the club Keravan Pallo -75, for which he played for ten years. With 17 Raitala then moved to the top Finnish club HJK Helsinki, where he was pulled up after a year in the youth in the second team. His debut for the first team HJK were Raitala on 26 April 2007 against AC Oulu.

Since then, he has been repeatedly observed and drew the interest of foreign clubs up. Thus, the defender should, inter alia on trial at West Bromwich Albion, but which he called off by itself and was in trial at Newcastle United. In April 2009 Raitala extended his contract until 2011. On 10 August 2009 it was announced that Raitala had traveled to Hoffenheim, there to undergo a trial and to negotiate a transfer. Previously, it was already known that Raitala had renounced the trip to the U-21 match against Belgium Finland to negotiate with another club can.

On August 31, 2009, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Raitala for a year borrowed from. The Hoffenheim had an option to purchase, which they journeyed from 1 April 2010 and Raitala to 2014 with these resellers. Shortly before the transfer deadline on August 31, 2010, TSG announced that the Finn was borrowed for the season 2010/ 11 to the second division side SC Paderborn 07.

For the 2011/12 season Raitala was loaned again, this time to the Spanish side CA Osasuna.

On June 6, 2012, the TSG Raitalas announced changes to SC Heerenveen.

National

He played for several Finnish youth teams. On 4 February 2009 Raitala against Japan gave his debut for the Finnish national team. In addition Raitala denied at the U- 21 Championship 2009 in Sweden, all games for Finland over the full distance.