Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Raahe, Finland | ||
Date of death | 9 February 2006 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Kungälv, Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946–1948 | TuTo | ||
1949 | PoPa | ||
1950–1951 | RU-38 | ||
1952–1954 | TuTo | ||
1954–1957 | IK Oddevold | 34 | (0) |
International career | |||
1947–1954 | Finland | 34 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38, [1] and in Sweden for IK Oddevold. [2] He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons. [3]
Vaihela earned 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals. [4] Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
Vaihela's son Seppo played international bandy for Sweden, and worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012, [7] and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association. [8]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Raahe, Finland | ||
Date of death | 9 February 2006 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Kungälv, Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946–1948 | TuTo | ||
1949 | PoPa | ||
1950–1951 | RU-38 | ||
1952–1954 | TuTo | ||
1954–1957 | IK Oddevold | 34 | (0) |
International career | |||
1947–1954 | Finland | 34 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38, [1] and in Sweden for IK Oddevold. [2] He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons. [3]
Vaihela earned 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals. [4] Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [5] [6]
Vaihela's son Seppo played international bandy for Sweden, and worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012, [7] and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association. [8]