Nicholas Otaru

Nicholas Otaru
Personal information
Date of birth	15 July 1986 (1986-07-15) (age 25)
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Honka
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006-present	FC Honka	71	(7)
National team
	Finland U-21	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Nicholas "Niki" Otaru (born 15 July 1986, Turku, Finland) is a Finnish professional football player who is currently playing for the Veikkausliiga side FC Honka based in Tapiola, Espoo in Finland.

Personal

Otaru is of mixed African/Finnish descent, with mother from Finland and his father from Nigeria, he lives in Espoo. Otaru is 172 cm in height and 72 kg in weight.

References

Guardian Football

External links

Finland squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

1 Jaakkola 2 Jalasto 3 Raitala 4 Portin 5 Turunen 6 Sparv 7 Hämäläinen 8 M.Hetemaj 9 Sadik 10 Otaru 11 Parikka 12 Masalin 13 Kärkkäinen 14 Aho 15 Äijälä 16 P.Hetemaj 17 Hakola 18 Vasara 19 Kokko 20 Pukki 21 Viljanen 22 Toivio 23 Lehtovaara Coach: Kanerva

FC Honka – current squad

1 Peltonen 2 Koskinen 3 Heilala 4 Kuusijärvi 5 Aalto 6 Tammilehto 7 Äijälä 9 Petrescu 10 Puustinen 11 Hietikko 12 Viitala 13 Rexhepi 14 Vasara 15 Dudu 16 Maanoja 17 Savage 18 Väyrynen 20 Otaru 21 Mäkijärvi 22 Seferi 23 Lähde 24 Yaghoubi 25 Heikkilä 26 Lepola 27 Hatakka 28 Schüller 29 Simpanen 33 Ranta Manager: Lehkosuo

Persondata
Name	Otaru, Nicholas
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	15 July 1986
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Date of death
Place of death