Jukka Toijala

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Jukka Toijala
Jukka Toijala.jpg
Portrait of Jukka Toijala
HBA-Marsky Helsinki
PositionHead coach
LeagueKoripallon I-divisioona
Personal information
Born (1972-05-09) 9 May 1972 (age 49)
Kouvola, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Career information
Playing career1993–2006
PositionGuard
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
1993–2000Kouvot
2003–2006Kouvot
As coach:
2010–2016Kataja BC
2016–2019Steaua Bucuresti
2019–presentHBA-Marsky Helsinki
2020–presentEstonia

Jukka Toijala (born 9 May 1972) is a Finnish professional basketball coach and former player, currently serving as the coach for HBA-Marsky Helsinki, and the Estonia men's national basketball team.

Coaching career[]

Club coaching career[]

From 2010 to 2016, Toijala coached Finnish team Kataja Basket.[1][2]

From 2016 until 2019, he was the head coach of Steaua București in the Romanian first league.[3]

Since 2019, Toijala is the head coach of HBA-Marsky Helsinki in the Finnish second league.

National team coaching career[]

Since 2010, Toijala has been the assistant coach of the senior Finnish national basketball team.

On 23 October 2019, Jukka Toijala became head coach of the Estonian men's national basketball team.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Luottamuspula päätti Toijalan pestin - "Olen roikkunut kuusi viikkoa löysässä hirressä" Suvi Hakkarainen (Yle Urheilu), 17 May 2016. Accessed 15 January 2020. (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Toijala potkuistaan: Päällimmäiset tunteet ovat valtava pettymys ja suru Jani Leinonen (karjalainen.fi), 17 May 2016. Accessed 15 January 2020. (in Finnish)
  3. ^ "Steaua CSM EximBank, prima finalistă a Ligii Naționale de baschet. După 21 de ani, militarii luptă din nou pentru titlu". 11 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Eesti korvpallikoondise peatreeneriks sai soomlane". Sport (in Estonian). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-26.

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