Miska_Ylitolva
Miska Ylitolva
Finnish footballer (born 2004)
Miska Ylitolva (born 23 May 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2004-05-23) 23 May 2004 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Santa Claus | |||
| RoPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | RoPS II | 23 | (2) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | Klubi 04 | 9 | (0) |
| 2022– | HJK | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | → KTP (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Finland U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Finland U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2022– | Finland | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
RoPS
Ylitolva was born in Espoo, but soon after his family moved to Rovaniemi, Lapland. He began playing football at age 10 for Rovaniemi side FC Santa Claus. Later he joined another local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) where he made his senior debut in 2020 at the age of 16, playing for their reserve team in third tier Kakkonen. In 2021 he was promoted to the RoPS first team playing in second tier Ykkönen.[2][3]
HJK
In January 2022 Ylitolva signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga side HJK.[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 2 April 2022 against Honka.[5] Ylitolva suffered an injury in that match and was ruled out almost for the whole season.[6]
On 9 May 2022, Ylitolva signed an updated contract until the end of 2024 season.[7]
2023: Loan to KTP
On 17 July 2023, Ylitolva was sent on loan to a fellow Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) for the rest of the season.[8][9] After his loan deal expired, he returned to HJK.
Ylitolva made his international debut on senior level for Finland on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Iceland.[10][11] He has also played for Finland at various youth national team levels.
Club
- As of 17 February 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cups [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPS II | 2020 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| HJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| KTP (loan) | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 68 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2 | ||
- Includes Finnish Cup and Finnish League Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Kuka kumma on Huuhkajiin täysin yllättäen nimetty 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva? "Minua ei jalkapallo aluksi edes kiinnostanut"". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Rähmät silmistä: Kuka oikein on Huuhkajiin valittu 17-vuotias Miska Ylitolva?". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja HJK:n organisaatioon". hjk.fi (in Finnish). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Mestarisuosikki HJK avasi kauden voitolla huipputuomari Gestraniuksen jäähyväisottelussa – KuPS kukisti kotonaan Interin". YLE Urheilu (in Finnish). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "HJK ja Miska Ylitolva tekivät uuden sopimuksen" (in Finnish). HJK. 9 May 2022.
- MISKA YLITOLVA HJK:STA KTP:HEN, fcktp.fi, 17 July 2023
- Miska Ylitolva loppukaudeksi lainalle KTP:hen, hjk.fi, 17 July 2023
- STT (26 March 2022). "Miska Ylitolva Huuhkajien avauksessa Islantia vastaan - historian toiseksi nuorin A-maajoukkuepelaaja". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Murcia. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- Wendt, Jonas von (26 March 2022). "Pukkis mål gav oavgjort mot Island". HBL (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- Miska Ylitolva at Soccerway