Juha Soukiala (born 12 February 1983 in
Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...
) is a
Finnish football goalkeeper
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from ...
. Soukiala currently plays for
PK-35 in the second highest Finnish league,
Ykkönen
''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...
.
He has also represented
Tampere United
Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. In the 2025 season, the club plays in Ykkönen, the third highest level of football in Finland.
The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, ...
,
FC Hämeenlinna
FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala.
The team was formed in 1991.
Club's history
Initial years
FC Hämeenlinna was founded in a ...
, and
FC Lahti
FC Lahti is a Finnish professional football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish second tier Ykkösliiga, after relegating from Veikkausliiga after the 2024 season. The homeground of Lahti is Toolpoint Arena. La ...
on a senior level.
References
1983 births
Living people
Finnish men's footballers
21st-century Finnish sportsmen
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Hämeenlinna players
Tampere United players
Footballers from Espoo
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