Juho Mäkelä
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 23 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Oulu, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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HIFK | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OLS Oulu | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Tervarit | 61 | (44) |
| 2003–2006 | HJK | 66 | (33) |
| 2006–2009 | Hearts | 20 | (2) |
| 2007 | → FC Thun (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2008 | → HJK (loan) | 13 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | HJK | 50 | (24) |
| 2011–2012 | Sydney FC | 16 | (3) |
| 2012 | HJK | 27 | (10) |
| 2013 | SV Sandhausen | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | FC St. Gallen | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | IFK Mariehamn | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | SJK | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | VPS | 31 | (16) |
| 2016– | HIFK | 13 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Finland | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 Juny 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2014 |
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Juho Mäkelä (born 23 June 1983, in Oulu) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for HIFK in the Veikkausliiga. He is a striker especially known for his pace.
Mäkelä started his career with Tervarit in his home-town, before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki for the 2003 season. He scored 33 goals in 66 appearances for the club in three seasons, and was the Veikkausliiga top scorer in 2005. He is known as 'The Surgeon'.
Mäkelä signed for Hearts on a three-and-a-half-year deal during the January 2006 transfer window. He scored his first goal for Hearts in 4–0 win over Dunfermline on 8 April 2006. On 20 September 2006 he scored a hat-trick on his first start for Hearts in a Scottish League Cup tie against Second Division side Alloa in a 4–0 win. He scored with his head, and both his feet, scoring a treble. His fifth and final Hearts goal came on 1 October 2006 against Dundee United.
On 16 January 2007, it was reported that Mäkelä was training with German side Greuther Fürth pending a possible six-month loan move, however it was subsequently announced that he would be spending the rest of the season with FC Thun. On 28 January 2008, Juho went on trial with Dutch side RKC Waalwijk who had been relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season. On 24 April 2008, Mäkelä returned to his former club HJK Helsinki on an initial three-month loan deal.
On 22 July 2008, it was confirmed by Hearts that Mäkelä had returned from his successful loan spell with HJK Helsinki, in which he scored seven goals in 13 games, and would immediately join his team-mates for pre-season training in Germany. Mäkelä's first game back was against a German regional select side in which he played the second half. He scored the sixth goal of the game with a powerful volley from eight yards in a 6–0 victory. On 2 February 2009, transfer deadline day, Hearts announced Mäkelä had been released after 23 appearances and five goals in all competitions.
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