Roni Porokara

Roni Porokara
Personal information
Full name Roni Porokara
Date of birth (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
FC Honka
Number 33
Youth career
FinnPa
AC Allianssi
FC Jokerit
Klubi-04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 FC Hämeenlinna 49 (6)
2005–2007 FC Honka 76 (24)
2008–2010 Örebro SK 84 (11)
2010–2012 Beerschot 29 (3)
2012 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3 (0)
2013–2014 FC Honka 52 (11)
2014 HJK Helsinki 4 (1)
2015- FC Honka 0 (0)
Total 297 (56)
National team
2005 Finland U21 1 (0)
2006– Finland 24 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2012

Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish international football player, who currently plays for FC Honka in the Kakkonen. Porokara is the first Jewish player in the Finnish national team since 1949.[1]

Club career

FC Hämeenlinna

On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-year spell with Hämeenlinna, he made 46 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

FC Honka

He joined FC Honka in 2005, and played there until the end of 2007, making 76 league appearances and scoring 24 goals.

Örebro SK

In 2008, Porokara moved to the Swedish Premier Division side Örebro SK staying there until the end of 2010, making 84 league appearances and scoring 11 goals.

At the end of the 2009 Allsvenskan season, after playing for a year in Örebro SK, Porokara entered into negotiations with Israeli clubs, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.[2] Porokara attracted interest from Maccabi Haifa due to his eligibility to receive Israeli citizenship under the law of return.[3]
He was set to transfer to Maccabi Haifa in January 2010, for $700,000,[4] but the deal fell through.

In August 2010, Porokara attracted interest from number of clubs in Europe. Wigan Athletic from the Premier League was the big name out of this clubs along with Cesena from Serie A, and few clubs from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. After Örebro finished third in 2010, Porokara announced that he will not renew his contract with the Swedes.

Beerschot AC

On 3 December 2010 he signed with Beerschot,[5] where he stayed until the summer of 2012, before moving to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

International career

On 13 April 2005, Porokara made his only appearance for the Finnish under-21 side in a friendly match against their Estonian counterparts. His full national team debut came a year later on 25 May 2006 in a friendly against Sweden. Porokara was a late substitute and only got a minute on the pitch.

In 11/8/2010 Porokara scored the winning goal against Belgium in friendly game.

International goals

As of 12 December 2009

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reports
1. 2 February 2009 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Japan 1–3 1–5 Friendly match
2. 10 October 2009 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Wales 1–0 2–1 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
3. 11 August 2010 Veritas Stadion, Turku  Belgium 1-0 1-0 Friendly
4. 17 November 2010 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  San Marino 7-0 8-0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5. 9 February 2011 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent  Belgium 1-1 1-1 Friendly

Honours

Club

FC Honka

Individual

Statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland League Finnish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2003FC HämeenlinnaYkkönen251--------
2004245--------
2005FC Honka2613--------
2006Veikkausliiga248--------
2007263----42--
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total
2008Örebro SKAllsvenskan292--------
2009295--------
2010263--------
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2010-2011Germinal BeerschotBelgian Pro League120--------
Total Finland 12530--------
Sweden 8411--------
Belgium 120--------
Career total 20941--------

References

  1. "Heja Finland!" (PDF). Judiska SportMagazinet (in Swedish) (Svenska Makkabiförbundet). January 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  2. Van Wagenen, Jon (2009-11-17). "Bedoya Reaping Rewards For Hard Wor". Yanks-Abroad.com. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  3. Tuchman, Yaniv (2009-12-10). אילייב: אנחנו יכולים להיות ברמה של חיפה והפועל [Iliev: We Can Be On The Level Of Haifa & Hapoel]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew) (NRG.co.il). Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  4. חיפה תשלם 600 אלף דולר על פורוקוארה [Haifa will pay for Porokara $700,000] (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. Porokara signs with Beerschot (Finnish)

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