# Jussi Kujala

Jussi Kujala (born 4 April 1983 in Tampere) is a Finnish former footballer. Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he has since dropped deeper down the field. He was the captain of the Finnish U21 national team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers.

## Club career
### Tampere United

Kujala made his debut for United in 2000; he made ten appearances and scored one goal for the team.

### Ajax

After Tampere United, he spent four seasons playing in the junior and reserve teams of Ajax.

### Return to Tampere United

He returned to Tampere United in 2004. As the club had financial difficulties, in 2009 he was allowed to leave the team.

### TPS

He transferred to Turku during the summer 2009 transfer window.

### De Graafschap

In January 2010, he left Turku, and signed with Dutch side De Graafschap on a free transfer.

### Return to Ilves

In September 2012, Kujala signed a contract with his old junior team Ilves. Ilves was promoted to Ykkönen at the end of the season.

### KuPS

On 27 November, KuPS announced that they had signed Kujala for two years.

### Ilves and retirement

In January 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Ilves.
He announced his retirement in December 2015.

## International career

Kujala made his international debut in Finland's national team in 2004 against Oman.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League cup | League cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tampere United | 1999 | Ykkönen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| Tampere United | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Ajax | 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajax | 2002–03 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| Tampere United | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Tampere United | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Tampere United | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tampere United | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 |
| Tampere United | Total | Total | 119 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 152 | 9 |
| TPS | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 |
| De Graafschap | 2009–10 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| De Graafschap | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| De Graafschap | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 |
| De Graafschap | Total | Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Ilves | 2012 | Kakkonen | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 |
| KuPS | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| KuPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| KuPS | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Ilves | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 240 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 293 | 17 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

### International

    As of 26 March 2013
Finland national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |

## Honours

De Graafschap
* Eerste Divisie: 2009–10
Tampere United
* Veikkausliiga (2): 2006, 2007
* Finnish Cup: 2007
* Finnish League Cup: 2009
De Graafschap
* Eerste Divisie: 2009–10
Ilves
* Kakkonen: 2012