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Apr 20, 1979 Lahti, Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland 45 years old
Finnish footballer
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About Tuomas Haapala
- Tuomas Haapala (born 20 April 1979 in Lahti) is a Finnish ex-footballer who ended his career after 2010. Haapala has previously played for FC Lahti (2000–03) and MyPa (2004–05) in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.
- He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 2004, and captained the club to the Finnish championship in 2005.
- After an excellent 2005 season, Haapala was invited for a trial with Manchester City.
- After two weeks at the club, manager Stuart Pearce decided to offer him a contract to the end of the 2005–06 season.
- However, Haapala failed to break into the first team, and made only reserve team appearances.
- After his long try-out in Manchester he signed for Sandefjord Fotball.
- In August 2007 he joined HJK Helsinki.
- After three seasons with HJK, Haapala joined Tampere United for the season 2010, which was his last year as a professional football player. Haapala played his first game for the Finnish national team on 12 October 2005 against Estonia.
