Jukka Sauso

Personal information
Full name	Pekka Jukka Sauso
Date of birth	(1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Vaasa, Finland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	Jönköpings Södra IF
Number	8
Youth career
1988–2000	VPS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
2000–2004	VPS	60	(2)
2005	FC Hämeenlinna	26	(2)
2005–2007	Örgryte IS	58	(3)
2007–2010	HJK	43	(0)
2010–2011	Jönköpings Södra IF	29	(0)
International career‡
2005–	Finland	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2006

Jukka Sauso (born 20 June 1982) is a Finnish former footballer.

Sauso is a big and strong central defender, but is often used as a last minute solution up front because of his notorious heading skills. When Sauso was playing for Örgryte IS in the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2006, he also started some matches as a striker.

Sauso played for Vaasan Palloseura and FC Hämeenlinna in Veikkausliiga before moving to Sweden and Örgryte for the 2005 season. He was a big hit in his first season in Allsvenskan and was near to move to Wisła Kraków. ^[1] After playing two seasons in Allsvenskan and a third in Superettan for Örgryte, he moved back to Finland for the 2008 season. ^[2]

Sauso was promoted to the Finland national team in 2005. He was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

• Guardian Football at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 September 2012)

• Profile at HJK.fi
• Stats at Veikkausliiga.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 September 2008)
• Jukka Sauso at National-Football-Teams.com