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Football player Yrjö Sotiola

Yrjö Armas Sotiola

Yrjö Sotiola

Born on 19 May 1913, Helsingfors
Died on 1 June 1992, Helsinki (aged 79)

National team appearances of Yrjö Sotiola

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Finland	1935 - 1948	12		2		1		0.083
Total:		12		2		1		0.083

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
HPS, Helsinki	06 Oct 1935 - 02 Jul 1948	12		2		1		0.083

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Nordic Championship (NC)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.111

Total:

0.083

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
6 Oct 1935	Denmark	debut	22 years 4 months 17 days
30 Sep 1945	Sweden	first goal	32 years 4 months 11 days
2 Jul 1948	Iceland	last appearance	35 years 1 month 13 days

Record of Yrjö Sotiola's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Sweden	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									9
Total:	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	12	0.083

Record of national team matches played by Yrjö Sotiola

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Finland national team	12	0	1	11	10	60	4.2

Yrjö Sotiola's international caps

as player of HPS, Helsinki:

debut age - 22 years 4 months 17 days

06 Oct 1935 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

5-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1933-1936

30 Jun 1936 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Töölön Pallokenttä

1-4

Finland vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1933-1936

17 Sep 1939 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

8-1

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

24 Sep 1939 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-3

Finland vs Latvia

Friendly International

15 Sep 1943 17:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-3

Finland vs Hungary

Friendly International

03 Oct 1943 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-1

Finland vs Sweden

Friendly International

26 Aug 1945 15:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

7-2

Sweden vs Finland

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 32 years 4 months 11 days

30 Sep 1945 15:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-6

Finland vs Sweden

Friendly International

1х

28 Jun 1946 18:00 (+1:00)

Bergen, Brann Stadion

12-0

Norway vs Finland

Friendly International

01 Sep 1946 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

2-5

Finland vs Denmark

Friendly International

17 Sep 1947 15:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-4

Finland vs Poland

Friendly International

02 Jul 1948 20:30

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

2-0

Iceland vs Finland

Friendly International

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Yrjö Sotiola's most often teammates

Veikko Asikainen (1939 - 1948) - 9 games
Erik Beijar (1939 - 1948) - 7 games
Thure Sarnola (1939 - 1946) - 6 games
Kurt Weckström (1936 - 1943) - 5 games
Kurt Martin (1945 - 1948) - 5 games

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