Jussi Aleksi Vasara (born 14 May 1987) is a retired Finnish

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who most recently played for Finnish

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club

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, commonly referred to as SJK, also internationally SJK Seinäjoki, is a Finland, Finnish professional association football, football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest ...

International career

Vasara represented Finland U21 in the Under 21 European Championships in 2009. He made two crucial goals as a substitute in his U-21 debut match against

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in the qualifying play-off second leg to take the tie into extra time. Vasara was chosen to the Veikkausliiga team of the Month for September 2014. In January 2015 he signed two-year deal with

Personal

He is the younger brother of former Finland international player Vesa Vasara.

References

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