Jukka Sinisalo

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1982)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jukka Sinisalo

| image = Jukka Sinisalo 1.jpg

| caption = Jukka Sinisalo in 2015.

| fullname =

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|05|21}}

| birth_place = Jyväskylä, Finland

| position = Defender

| currentclub = HIFK

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 = 1989–1994

| youthclubs1 = JPS

| youthyears2 = 1995–1999

| youthclubs2 = JJK

| years1 = 2000–2002

| years2 = 2002–2003

| years3 = 2002–2003

| years4 = 2004

| years5 = 2005–2006

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2007–2010

| years8 = 2010

| years9 = 2011–2013

| years10 = 2014–

| clubs1 = JJK

| clubs2 = FC Inter

| clubs3 = → VG-62 (loan)

| clubs4 = VG-62

| clubs5 = FC Inter

| clubs6 = → VG-62 (loan)

| clubs7 = JJK

| clubs8 = → FC Blackbird (loan)

| clubs9 = FC Lahti

| clubs10 = HIFK

| caps1 = 55

| caps2 = 2

| caps3 = 19

| caps4 = 25

| caps5 = 36

| caps6 = 7

| caps7 = 85

| caps8 = 1

| caps9 = 75

| caps10 = 37

| goals1 = 6

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 4

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 3

| goals10 = 2

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 25 August 2015

}}

Jukka Sinisalo (born 21 May 1982) is a Finnish football player who signed for Veikkausliiga side HIFK in early 2014. His position is central defender.{{cite web|title=Jukka Sinisalo Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178204&TEID=8235|website=guardian.touch-line.com|accessdate=21 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129224128/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178204&TEID=8235|archivedate=29 November 2014}}

{{cite web|title=HIFK hankki roimasti liigakokemusta ja nuorta tulivoimaa – "Kaikki voitettavissa"|url=http://www.suomifutis.com/2014/01/hifk-hankki-roimasti-liigakokemusta-ja-nuorta-tulivoimaa-kaikki-voitettavissa/|website=suomifutis.com|date=25 January 2014|accessdate=21 November 2014|language=Finnish}} Sinisalo began his career as a junior footballer in JPS and later in JJK. From JJK he transferred to VG-62 before moving to FC Inter of Turku. During his spell in Inter, he also made his debut in Veikkausliiga, the Finnish top level.

In early 2014, he signed a contract with HIFK that played in the second tier of Finnish football, Ykkönen, at the time being.{{Cite web|url=http://www.suomifutis.com/2014/01/hifk-hankki-roimasti-liigakokemusta-ja-nuorta-tulivoimaa-kaikki-voitettavissa/|title = HIFK hankki roimasti liigakokemusta ja nuorta tulivoimaa – "Kaikki voitettavissa"|date = 25 January 2014}} Ever since then, Sinisalo has represented HIFK and was one of the key players during their successful season of 2014, after which HIFK got promoted back to the top flight, Veikkausliiga.{{Cite web|url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2014/11/27/jukka-sinisalo-jatkaa-hifkssa|title = Jukka Sinisalo jatkaa HIFK:ssa}}