Iiro Aalto (born 19 July 1977) is a Finnish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then moved to

FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. ...

and spent most of his career at

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish Association football, football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. ...

but from December 2007 played for Cypriot club

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

. He started his career in

Pallo-Iirot Pallo-Iirot (abbreviated P-Iirot) is a football club from Rauma, Finland, Rauma in Finland. The club was formed in 1930 and their home ground is at the Äijänsuon stadion. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen. The Chairman of ...

. Aalto returned to

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in May 2008 to play for Tampere United. After his loan spell at Tampere he moved to TPS Turku. His brother

Jussi Jussi () is a male given name. In Finnish originally it is short for Juhani or Juho, Finnish for Johannes/John, but is also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. It can also be short for Justus, or a Finnish form of Justin. ...

is also a former footballer.

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Guardian Football

Finland Report 1977 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Pallo-Iirot players Kajaanin Haka players FC Haka players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Olympiakos Nicosia players Tampere United players Turun Palloseura footballers Porin Palloilijat players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Cypriot First Division players {{Finland-footy-defender-stub