Mika Kottila

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Mika Antero Kottila, nicknamed Hirvi, (born 22 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional footballer. He played as a forward and spent the vast majority of his career playing in Nordic countries.

Club career

Kottila was born in Vantaa, Finland. He joined RoPS in 1992. He had a spell on loan at Hereford United during the 1996–97 season. He made 13 league appearances, scoring 1 goal.

He then joined HJK Helsinki for the second of three spells, having previously played for the club during the 1994 season. He made 157 appearances and scored 56 goals for the club during his three spells. The top moment of his career came when he scored two goals for HJK in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.

He joined a Norwegian Tippeligaen club SK Brann for a €500,000 transfer fee, where he was in the 1999 season, and then Sweden to play for Trelleborgs FF. A third spell at HJK followed between 2002 and 2004. He also featured in the 2004 UEFA Champions League playing against the likes of Linfield and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in the qualifying rounds.

Between 2005 and 2006 he played for FC Lahti in the Finnish Premier Division.

International career

He was capped 32 times for Finland, scoring seven goals between 1998 and 2004.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			CupTemplate:Efn		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MPS	1991	Kolmonen
	1992	Kolmonen
	Total		37	21	0	0	0	0	37	21
Ponnistus	1992	Kakkonen	26	8	–		–		26	8
HJK	1994	Veikkausliiga	12	2	–		2Template:Efn	1	14	3
	1995	Veikkausliiga	21	4	–		3Template:Efn	2	24	6
	Total		33	6	0	0	5	3	38	9
RoPS	1996	Veikkausliiga	14	2	–		–		14	2
Hereford United	1996–97	Third Division	13	1	–		–		13	1
HJK	1997	Veikkausliiga	25	7	–		2Template:Efn	0	27	7
	1998	Veikkausliiga	26	1	1	0	9Template:Efn	2	36	3
	Total		51	8	1	0	11	2	63	10
Brann	1999	Tippeligaen	13	1	2	2	–		15	3
Brann 2	1999	2. divisjon	1	0	–		–		1	0
Trelleborg	2000	Allsvenskan	23	7	–		–		23	7
	2001	Allsvenskan	22	2	–		–		22	2
	Total		45	9	0	0	0	0	45	9
HJK	2002	Veikkausliiga	29	18	–		2Template:Efn	0	31	18
	2003	Veikkausliiga	23	11	1	0	4Template:Efn	1	28	12
	2004	Veikkausliiga	22	7	–		4Template:Efn	2	26	9
	Total		74	36	1	0	10	2	85	38
Lahti	2005	Veikkausliiga	25	4	–		–		25	4
	2006	Veikkausliiga	7	2	–		–		7	2
	Total		32	6	0	0	0	0	32	6
Career total			339	97	4	2	26	7	369	106

International

As of match played 16 May 2004

Finland
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	1	0
1996	0	0
1997	0	0
1998	2	0
1999	4	0
2000	8	2
2001	5	1
2002	5	3
2003	5	1
2004	2	0
Total	32	7

International goals

As of match played 29 February 2003. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kottila goal.

List of international goals scored by Mika Kottila

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 February 2000	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Estonia	flag alias = Flag of Estonia.svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Estonia.svg	link alias-naval = Estonian Navy	flag alias-army=Flag of Estonian Land Forces.svg	link alias-army=Estonian Land Forces	flag alias-air force =Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png	link alias-air force = Estonian Air Force	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Estonia.svg	link alias-navy = Estonian Navy	border-naval =	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}|| align=center|1–0|| align=center rowspan=2| 4–2|| rowspan=2 | King's Cup
2				3–0
3	15 February 2001	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Kuwait	flag alias = Flag of Kuwait.svg	flag alias-1844 = Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg	flag alias-1914 = Flag of Kuwait (1914-1921).svg	flag alias-1921 = Flag of Kuwait (1921-1940).svg	flag alias-1940 = Flag of Kuwait (1940-1961).svg	flag alias-naval-1956 = Maritime Ensign of Kuwait 1956-1961.svg	flag alias-republic-1990 = Flag of Kuwait.svg	size =	name =	altvar = football	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||align=center|1–0||align=center|3–4||Friendly
4	4 January 2002	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Bahrain	flag alias = Flag of Bahrain.svg	flag alias-old = Flag of Bahrain (before 1820).svg	flag alias-1820 = Flag of Bahrain (1820-1932).svg	flag alias-1932 = Flag of Bahrain (1932 to 1972).svg	flag alias-1972 = Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg	link alias-naval = Royal Bahraini Naval Force	flag alias-military = Flag of the Bahrain Defence Force.svg	link alias-military = Bahrain Defence Force	flag alias-army = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Army.svg	link alias-army = Royal Bahraini Army	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Bahraini Air Force.svg	link alias-air force = Royal Bahraini Air Force	flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Bahraini Naval Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||align=center|1–0||align=center|2–0||Friendly
5	10 January 2002	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	REDIRECT Template:Country data North Macedonia|| align=center|1–0|| align=center rowspan=2| 3–0|| rowspan=2 | Friendly
6				3–0
7	29 January 2003	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Trinidad and Tobago	flag alias = Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	flag alias-colonial = Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889–1958).svg	flag alias-1958 = Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958–1962).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	link alias-naval = Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard.svg	Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard	flag alias-army = Flag of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment.svg	link alias-army = Trinidad and Tobago Regiment	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Trinidad and Tobago.svg	link alias-navy = Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||align=center|1–1||align=center|2–1||Friendly

Honours

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 1997, 2002, 2003
• Finnish Cup: 1998, 2003

Individual

• Veikkausliiga top scorer: 2002