Roni Porokara

Roni Porokara
Personal information
Full name Roni Porokara
Date of birth (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
FinnPa
Allianssi
Jokerit
Klubi-04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Hämeenlinna 49 (6)
2005–2007 Honka 76 (24)
2008–2010 Örebro SK 84 (11)
2010–2012 Beerschot 37 (3)
2012 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3 (0)
2013–2014 Honka 52 (11)
2014 HJK 4 (1)
2015 Honka 13 (2)
Total 297 (56)
International career
2005 Finland U21 1 (0)
2006–2013 Finland 24 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish entrepreneur and a former international footballer, who is currently working in a real estate business.[1][2]

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.[3] Porokara attracted interest from Maccabi Haifa due to his eligibility to receive Israeli citizenship under the law of return.[4] He was set to transfer to Maccabi Haifa in January 2010, for $700,000,[5] 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 a few clubs from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. After Örebro finished third in 2010, Porokara announced that he would not renew his contract with the Swedes.

Beerschot AC

On 3 December 2010 he signed with Beerschot,[6] where he stayed until the summer of 2012, before moving to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

Back to FC Honka

Porokara returned to FC Honka in 2015 after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems. After appearing five times and scoring once, Porokara was forced to retire from active football because of a hip problem.

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.

On 8 November 2010, Porokara scored the winning goal against Belgium in friendly game.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hämeenlinna 2003 Veikkausliiga 25 1 – – – 25 1
2004 Veikkausliiga 24 5 1 0 – – 25 5
Total 49 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 6
Honka 2004 Ykkönen 26 13 – – – 26 13
2005 Veikkausliiga 24 8 0 0 0 0 – 24 8
2006 Veikkausliiga 26 3 1 0 0 0 4[b] 2 31 5
Total 76 24 1 0 0 0 4 2 81 26
Örebro 2008 Allsvenskan 29 2 – – – 29 2
2009 Allsvenskan 29 5 1 0 – – 30 5
2010 Allsvenskan 26 3 – – – 26 3
Total 84 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 85 10
Beerschot 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 12 0 1 0 – – 13 0
2011–12 Belgian Pro League 25 3 3 0 – – 28 3
Total 37 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 41 3
Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2012–13 Israeli Premier League 3 0 0 0 – 2[c] 0 5 0
Honka 2013 Veikkausliiga 27 3 1 0 – 2[c] 0 30 3
2014 Veikkausliiga 25 8 0 0 5[d] 2 2[c] 1 32 11
Total 52 11 1 0 5 2 4 1 62 14
HJK 2014 Veikkausliiga 4 1 – – 3[c] 0 7 1
Honka 2015 Kakkonen 13 2 3 4 – – 16 6
Career total 318 57 11 4 5 2 13 3 347 66
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Svenska Cupen, Belgian Cup and Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Includes UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2008 3 0
2009 5 2
2010 9 2
2011 2 1
2012 2 0
2013 1 0
Total 22 5

International goals

Updated 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 [1]
2. 10 October 2009 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Wales 1–0 2–1 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying [2]
3. 11 August 2010 Veritas Stadion, Turku  Belgium 1-0 1-0 Friendly [3]
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

'FC Honka

HJK

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heja Finland!" (PDF). Judiska SportMagazinet (in Swedish). Svenska Makkabiförbundet. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  2. ^ Roni Porokara, 40, iski kultasuoneen: ”Nyt menee hyvin”, Iltalehti, 16 February 2024
  3. ^ Van Wagenen, Jon (17 November 2009). "Bedoya Reaping Rewards For Hard Work". Yanks-Abroad.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Tuchman, Yaniv (10 December 2009). 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.
  5. ^ חיפה תשלם 600 אלף דולר על פורוקוארה [Haifa will pay for Porokara $700,000] (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  6. ^ Porokara signs with Beerschot (in Finnish)