Paulus Roiha

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Paulus Roiha
Personal information
Date of birth	August 3, 1980 (1980-08-03) (age 27)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Height	181 cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	HJK Helsinki
Number	17
Youth clubs
-2000	FC Honka, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2001-2004 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi FC Utrecht FC Zwolle Cercle Brugge ADO Den Haag Újpest FC Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi	65 (32) 39 (6) 11 (0) 41 (10) 9 (0) 6 (1) 4 (0)
National team2
2001-	Finland	16 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Paulus Roiha (born August 3, 1980 in Espoo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for HJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Roiha is a quick striker who started his Veikkausliiga career in Finland with HJK Helsinki. He was the top scorer in Finland in 2001 with 22 goals. Roiha has since also played for FC Utrecht and FC Zwolle in the Netherlands and for Cercle Brugge in Belgium. He joined ADO Den Haag on a free transfer from Cercle Brugge during the January 2006 transfer window playing his first Eredivisie match with them on January 28 2007.^[1]

Roiha played his first match for the Finnish national team on February 1, 2001 against Sweden; however, he has not been able to become a regular for Finland in qualifying matches due the unfortunate timing of injury.

In January 2008, Újpest FC released him because of an injury and a few days after he signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki.

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