Toni Siikala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Toni Siikala

Finnish footballer

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1971

Place of Birth: Seinäjoki, Finland

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Toni Siikala

  • Toni Siikala is a retired Finnish football (soccer) forward who played in both the United States and Finland.
  • He played professionally in the USISL and National Professional Soccer League. Siikala played his first career season at men's level in 1989 with Sepsi-78 in Finland.
  • In 1990-92, Siikala played for TP-Seinäjoki still in Finland.
  • He moved to the United States in the fall of 1992 and entered Campbell University where he was a 1993 Second Team and 1995 First Team All American soccer player.
  • He was one of 12 M.A.C.
  • Hermann Trophy nominees as the top college player in the nation in 1995.
  • Siikala scored 68 goals and added 21 assists in his 60-game collegiate career despite losing significant number of games to injuries in 1992 and 1994.
  • He graduated with a degree in mathematics in 1996.
  • In 2010, Campbell University inducted Siikala into its Athletic Hall of Fame.During the 1993 collegiate offseason, he played for the Raleigh Flyers of the USISL.
  • In 1995 and 1996, he played for the Nashville Metros.
  • In 1997, he returned to the Flyers for one season.
  • On October 16, 1997, the St.
  • Louis Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League signed Siikala.
  • He played only five games before being injured and released in February 1998.
  • On March 3, 1998, the Charleston Battery signed Siikala.
  • He finished his career in the United States in 1999 with the Hampton Roads Mariners of the USL A-League. In 1998 and 1999, Siikala served as an assistant coach with Charleston Southern University while attending the school to earn a master's degree.

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