Mikael Forssell

Retired
Last club: Helsinki IFK Retired since: Jan 1, 2018

Date of birth/Age: Mar 15, 1981 (43)
Place of birth: Steinfurt
Citizenship: Finland

Height: 1,84 m
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: Finland
Caps/Goals: 86 / 29

Last position:

Manager Club: HJK U19

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Finland
-		Finland	Jun 9, 1999	86	29	Richard Möller Nielsen	18 years 02 months 25 days
	Finland U23
-		Finland U23	Mar 25, 2011	1	-		30 years 10 days
	Finland U21
-		Finland U21	-	8	2
	Finland U20
-		Finland U20	Jun 17, 2001	3	-	Kari Ukkonen	20 years 03 months 02 days
	Finland U18
-		Finland U18	Jul 19, 2000	1	1	Jyrki Heliskoski	19 years 04 months 04 days

Stats of Mikael Forssell

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			86	29	5	-	21	35	1	-	-	3	195'	5.644'
	International Friendlies	37	9	2	-	7	19	-	-	-	1	278'	2.498'
	European Qualifiers	26	10	3	-	9	7	1	-	-	1	157'	1.569'
	World Cup qualification	23	10	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	1	158'	1.577'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Brugge	Aug 18, 1999	Belgium	Finland	3:4	Not in squad
		La Manga	Jan 31, 2000	Faroe Islands	Finland	0:1	Not in squad
		La Manga	Feb 2, 2000	Finland	Iceland	0:1	Not in squad
		La Manga	Feb 4, 2000	Denmark	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Bangkok	Feb 20, 2000	Thailand	Finland	0:0	Not in squad
		Bangkok	Feb 23, 2000	Estonia	Finland	2:4	Not in squad
		Bangkok	Feb 27, 2000	Thailand	Finland	5:1	Not in squad
		Cardiff	Mar 29, 2000	Wales	Finland	1:2						90'
		Poznań	Apr 26, 2000	Poland	Finland	0:0						90'
		Riga	Jun 3, 2000	Latvia	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
		Helsinki	Aug 16, 2000	Finland	Norway	3:1			1		80'	80'
		Dublin	Nov 15, 2000	Ireland	Finland	3:0					46'	45'
		Växjö	Feb 1, 2001	Sweden	Finland	0:1	Not in squad
		Adiliya	Feb 15, 2001	Kuwait	Finland	4:3	Not in squad
		Muscat	Feb 18, 2001	Oman	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Muscat	Feb 20, 2001	Oman	Finland	0:2	Not in squad
		Luxemburg	Feb 28, 2001	Luxembourg	Finland	0:1		1				90'
		Budapest	Apr 25, 2001	Hungary	Finland	0:0	CF				75'	75'
		Kuressaare	May 9, 2001	Estonia	Finland	1:1					83'	83'
		Helsinki	Aug 15, 2001	Finland	Belgium	4:1		1			80'	80'
		Manama	Jan 4, 2002	Bahrain	Finland	0:2	Not in squad
		Manama	Jan 7, 2002	Albania	Finland	1:1	Not in squad
		Manama	Jan 10, 2002	Finland	Macedonia	3:0	Not in squad
		Cartagena	Mar 20, 2002	South Korea	Finland	2:0						90'
		Porto	Mar 27, 2002	Portugal	Finland	1:4	CF	1	1		68'	68'
		Prilep	Apr 17, 2002	Macedonia	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
		Helsinki	May 22, 2002	Finland	Latvia	2:1	Not in squad
		Helsinki	Aug 21, 2002	Finland	Ireland	0:3	Not in squad
		Bridgetown	Jan 26, 2003	Barbados	Finland	0:0	Not in squad
		Port of Spain	Jan 29, 2003	Trinidad	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Lurgan	Feb 12, 2003	N. Ireland	Finland	0:1					46'	45'
		Vantaa	Apr 30, 2003	Finland	Iceland	3:0		1			85'	85'
		Oslo	May 22, 2003	Norway	Finland	2:0	Not in squad
		København Ø.	Aug 20, 2003	Denmark	Finland	1:1						90'
			Oct 11, 2003	Finland	Canada	3:2		1				90'
		Houston, Texas	Nov 16, 2003	Honduras	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Alajuela	Nov 19, 2003	Costa Rica	Finland	2:1	Not in squad
		Guangzhou	Feb 3, 2004	China	Finland	2:1	Not in squad
		Shenzhen, Guangdong	Feb 7, 2004	China	Finland	2:1	Not in squad
		Attard	Mar 31, 2004	Malta	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Zenica	Apr 28, 2004	Bosnia	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
			May 28, 2004	Finland	Sweden	1:3						90'
		Messina	Nov 17, 2004	Italy	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
		Manama	Dec 1, 2004	Bahrain	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Manama	Dec 3, 2004	Oman	Finland	3:4 on pens	Not in squad
		Nicosia	Feb 8, 2005	Latvia	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Nicosia	Feb 9, 2005	Cyprus	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
			Jun 2, 2005	Finland	Denmark	0:1				79'		11'
		Helsinki	Nov 12, 2005	Finland	Estonia	2:2	Not in squad
		Riad	Jan 21, 2006	Saudi Arabia	Finland	1:1	Not in squad
		Riad	Jan 25, 2006	South Korea	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
		Fukuroi, Shizuoka	Feb 18, 2006	Japan	Finland	2:0	Not in squad
		Helsinki	Feb 28, 2006	Finland	Kazakhstan	3:1 on pens	Not in squad
		Paphos	Mar 1, 2006	Finland	Belarus	2:2 on pens		1				120'
			May 25, 2006	Sweden	Finland	0:0				77'		13'
		Helsinki	Aug 16, 2006	Finland	N. Ireland	1:2					57'	57'
		Helsinki	Oct 17, 2007	Finland	Spain	0:0	Not in squad
			Feb 2, 2008	Poland	Finland	1:0	Not in squad
		Nicosia	Feb 6, 2008	Greece	Finland	2:1						90'
		Sofia	Mar 26, 2008	Bulgaria	Finland	2:1	Not in squad
		Duisburg	May 29, 2008	Türkiye	Finland	2:0	CF				78'	78'
		Turku	Jun 2, 2008	Finland	Belarus	1:1					81'	81'
			Aug 20, 2008	Finland	Israel	2:0					78'	78'
		St. Gallen	Nov 19, 2008	Switzerland	Finland	1:0	Shoulder injury
		Tokyo	Feb 4, 2009	Japan	Finland	5:1	Not in squad
		Faro	Feb 11, 2009	Portugal	Finland	1:0	CF				46'	45'
		Oslo	Apr 1, 2009	Norway	Finland	3:2	CF				77'	77'
		Solna, Stockholm	Aug 12, 2009	Sweden	Finland	1:0	CF				77'	77'
			Jan 18, 2010	Finland	South Korea	0:2	Ligament injury
		Attard	Mar 3, 2010	Malta	Finland	1:2	Ligament injury
		Tallinn	May 21, 2010	Estonia	Finland	2:0				81'		9'
		Kielce	May 29, 2010	Poland	Finland	0:0				66'		24'
		Turku	Aug 11, 2010	Finland	Belgium	1:0	CF				80'	80'
		Gentbrugge	Feb 9, 2011	Belgium	Finland	1:1					65'	65'
		Aveiro	Mar 29, 2011	Portugal	Finland	2:0				73'		17'
		Riga	Aug 10, 2011	Latvia	Finland	0:2	on the bench
		Esbjerg	Nov 15, 2011	Denmark	Finland	2:1	CF			90'		1'
		Port of Spain	Jan 22, 2012	Trinidad	Finland	2:3	Not in squad
		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Feb 29, 2012	Austria	Finland	3:1	Not in squad
		Siezenheim	May 26, 2012	Türkiye	Finland	2:3	Not in squad
		Tartu	Jun 1, 2012	Estonia	Finland	1:2	Not in squad
		Võru	Jun 3, 2012	Finland	Latvia	6:7 on pens	Not in squad
		Lurgan	Aug 15, 2012	N. Ireland	Finland	3:3	Not in squad
		Teplice	Sep 11, 2012	Czechia	Finland	0:1	Not in squad
		Nicosia	Nov 14, 2012	Cyprus	Finland	0:3	Not in squad
		Chiang Mai	Jan 23, 2013	Thailand	Finland	1:3		2				90'
		Chiang Mai	Jan 26, 2013	Sweden	Finland	3:0	CF					90'
		Netanya	Feb 6, 2013	Israel	Finland	2:1	CF				73'	73'
		Luxemburg	Mar 26, 2013	Luxembourg	Finland	0:3		1		46'		45'
		Turku	Aug 14, 2013	Finland	Slovenia	2:0	Not in squad
		Cardiff	Nov 16, 2013	Wales	Finland	1:1	Not in squad
		Nizwa	Jan 24, 2014	Oman	Finland	0:0					86'	86'
Squad: 38, Starting eleven: 30, Substituted in: 7, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 3,