Jorma Vaihela

Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela (30 September 1925 – 9 February 2006) was a Finnish international footballer who played as an inside forward.

Jorma Vaihela

Personal information
Full name	Jorma Johan Sigurd Vaihela
Date of birth	(1925-09-30)30 September 1925
Place of birth	Raahe, Finland
Date of death	9 February 2006(2006-02-09) (aged 80)
Place of death	Kungälv, Sweden
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1948	TuTo
1949	PoPa
1950–1951	RU-38
1952–1954	TuTo
1954–1957	IK Oddevold	34	(0)
International career
1947–1954	Finland	34	(13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Raahe, Vaihela played club football in Finland for TuTo, PoPa and RU-38,^[1] and in Sweden for IK Oddevold.^[2] He started his career playing for Turun Toverit in TUL league for 2 seasons where he scored 6 goals. In Mestaruussarja he played 31 games and scored 7 goals. Between 1949 and 1953 he also played in second tier Suomensarja where he scored 30 goals in 5 seasons.^[3]

International career

Vaihela earned 34 caps at international level between 1947 and 1954, scoring 13 goals.^[4] Vaihela also participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[5][6]

Personal life

Vaihela's son Seppo played international bandy for Sweden, and worked as the chairman of IFK Göteborg from 2007 to 2012,^[7] and before that as president for the Swedish Bandy Association.^[8]