Miika Koskela

Miika Koskela
Personal information
Full name Miika Juho Sakari Koskela
Date of birth (2003-07-12) 12 July 2003
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Haugesund
Number 4
Youth career
Ajax-Sarkkiranta
–2016 ORPa
2017 OTP
2018–2020 OLS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 AC Oulu 56 (4)
2019–2022 → OLS (loan) 21 (0)
2023–2025 Tromsø 13 (0)
2023 Tromsø 2 4 (0)
2025 → AC Oulu (loan) 15 (2)
2025 → Haugesund (loan) 8 (0)
2026– Haugesund 12 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Finland U16 6 (2)
2019–2020 Finland U17 9 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U19[1] 5 (0)
2021–2023 Finland U21 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 September 2023

Miika Juho Sakari Koskela (born 12 July 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Haugesund.[2]

Club career

AC Oulu

Born in Oulu and raised in Kempele, Koskela started his professional career at his home-town club AC Oulu in 2019. While featuring for the club's reserve team, OLS, he made his first-team debut later in the same year.[3]

Tromsø

On 13 March 2023, Koskela joined Norwegian club Tromsø on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[4][5] He made his debut for the side on 19 March 2023, in a 2–3 Norwegian Cup loss (a.e.t) to Lillestrøm.[6] He made his Eliteserien debut on 10 April 2023, in a 1–0 home win against Molde, coming in from the bench for the final minutes as a substitute to Christophe Psyché.[7]

Koskela struggled with injuries and was out of play for all of the 2024 season for Tromsø.[8] When he finally was fit to play again in early 2025, Koskela was loaned out to his former club AC Oulu.[9] The loan, originally lasting until 21 July, was extended an additional week, and ended on 28 July.[10] Koskela played eighteen games, and scored three times.[11]

Haugesund

After Koskela returned from AC Oulu it was reported that he would be loaned out again. The confirmation came on 2 August, as fellow Eliteserien club Haugesund loaned Koskela for the remainder of the 2025 season.[12]

After the season, Tromsø decided to buy Troy Nyhammer from Haugeund, and as a part of the deal Koskela went the other way, making him a permanent Haugesund player. He signed a two-year contract with the newly relegated club.[13]

International career

Between 2018 and 2023, Koskela was a regular youth international and represented Finland at various youth national team levels.[14]

Career statistics

As of 7 July 2026[11][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OLS 2019 Kakkonen 1300020—150
2020 Kakkonen 3000——30
2021 Kakkonen 3000——30
2022 Kakkonen 2000——20
Total 2100020—230
AC Oulu 2019 Ykkönen 4000——40
2020 Ykkönen 17220——192
2021 Veikkausliiga 15120—2[c]0191
2022 Veikkausliiga 2012030—251
2023 Veikkausliiga 000050—50
Total 564608020724
Tromsø 2023 Eliteserien 13050——180
2024 Eliteserien 0000——00
Total 13050——180
Tromsø 2 2023 3. divisjon 40———40
AC Oulu (loan) 2025 Veikkausliiga 1523100—183
Haugesund (loan) 2025 Eliteserien 8010——90
Haugesund 2026 OBOS-ligaen 12000——120
Career total 1296151100201567
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Kakkonen Cup and Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Veikkausliiga relegation play-offs

Honours

AC Oulu

References

  1. ↑ "AC Oulun 18-vuotias Miika Koskela on ottanut talvikaudella kehitysaskeleen". kaleva.fi. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Miika Koskela: "Ei ole kaukana, että murtautuisin avauskokoonpanoon"". Palloliitto (in Finnish). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "AC Oulun toppari Miika Koskela on 196-senttinen junioripelaaja". kaleva.fi. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "A new Miika in town". til.no.
  5. ↑ "Miika Koskela siirtyy AC Oulusta Norjan pääsarjaseuraan". yle.fi. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "World Football: Miika Koskela". worldfootball.net.
  7. ↑ TROMSØ VS. MOLDE 1 - 0, soccerway
  8. ↑ Auke, Adrian Tangen (5 September 2024). "Miika har vært ute i ett år: – Lei av all denne ventingen" [Miika have been out for over a year: – Tired of all the waiting] (in Norwegian). Nordlys. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Miika Koskela lainalle AC Ouluun" [Miika Koskela on loan to AC Oulu] (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Elvevold, Lars (31 July 2025). "TILs «glemte» stopper har ikke gitt opp drømmen: – Kjenner nivået mitt" [TIl's «forgotten» centre-back haven't given up the dream: – I know my level] (in Norwegian). iTromsø. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Miika Koskela" (in Finnish). SPL. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Tromsø-stopper klar for Haugesund" [Tromsø centre-back signs for Haugesund] (in Norwegian). Fædrelandsvennen. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Solgt til Tromsø" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 29 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  14. ↑ Miika Koskela: "Ei ole kaukana, että murtautuisin avauskokoonpanoon", Finnish FA/Palloliitto, 6 September 2023
  15. ↑ "Miika Koskela: Statistikk" [Miika Koskela: Statistics] (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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