Sebastian "Seba" Sorsa (born 25 January 1984) 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 ...

Career

After a successful winter trial, Sorsa signed for Leeds United, joining on an 18-month contract in a

Bosman transfer ''Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman'' (1995) C-415/93 (known as the Bosman ruling) is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association ...

from Finnish side

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

on 2 January 2008. Sorsa failed to break into the Leeds first team, however, and he signed for newly promoted

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side Hamilton Academical in August 2008. He was released by Accies in January 2009. Sorsa joined Helsinki on 25 January 2009 on a free transfer. He used to be the captain of HJK. On 11 November 2016 Sorsa signed with KuPS a two-year contract to cover seasons 2017 and 2018, however after the season 2017, he decided to finish his professional career. After his retirement, Sorsa has also worked in a media staff of

. In 2022, he was inducted to the HJK Hall of Fame.

Honours

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International

He is a former Finnish under-21 international and plays as a right back.

References

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