Jorma Vaihela
Personal information
Full name Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela
Date of birth (1925-09-30)30 September 1925
Place of birth Raahe, Finland
Date of death 9 February 2006(2006-02-09) (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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ^ "Jorma Vaihela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Oddevold.se – Spelare år för år 1951–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 357. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. ^ "Finland – International Player Records". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Jorma Vaihela". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Jorma Vaihela". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  7. ^ Seppo Vaihela slutar som klubbdirektör, IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 77 March 2013
  8. ^ Sveriges television: "Seppo Vaihela lamnar bandyforbundet", 20 February 2006, retrieved 21 July 2017
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