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Mikael Forssell

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Mikael Kaj Forssell (born 15 March 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently working as an assistant coach of HJK Helsinki, having previously worked as a youth coach for the club. Forssell began his professional career in 1997 for HJK, having progressed through the team's youth teams, but he only remained at the club for a single season, making 17 league appearances, before he moved to England to join Chelsea in 1998. He never broke into the Chelsea team, making 33 league appearances in seven years, and spent two loan spells at Crystal Palace, one at Borussia Mönchengladbach, and two at Birmingham City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikael Forssell is the 7,542nd most popular soccer player (down from 7,480th in 2024), the 5,936th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,961st in 2019) and the 444th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mikael Forssell ranks 7,542 out of 21,273. Before him are Berat Djimsiti, Manfred Binz, Birkir Már Sævarsson, Marko Pjaca, Toshihiro Yoshimura, and Gábor Pölöskei. After him are Aleksandrs Koļinko, Susumu Uemura, Bibras Natkho, Thiego, Andriy Vorobey, and Nicola Zalewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Mikael Forssell ranks 390. Before him are Laura Birn, Gen Hoshino, Caterina Scorsone, Anita Hassanandani, Eric Djemba-Djemba, and Silvio Spann. After him are Swann Arlaud, Gaël Givet, Manabu Kubota, Søren Larsen, Felipe Baloy, and Asmik Grigorian.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mikael Forssell ranks 5,939 out of 7,253. Before him are John Cordts (1935), Jonas Hofmann (1992), Alexander Dreymon (1983), Bibiana Steinhaus (1979), Manfred Binz (1965), and Kelly Piquet (1988). After him are Kati Wilhelm (1976), Karsten Braasch (1967), Michael Greis (1976), Michelle (1972), Fritz Fischer (1956), and Gus Kahn (1886).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Mikael Forssell ranks 444. Before him are Jonas Hector (1990), José Holebas (1984), Kevin Kampl (1990), Odisseas Vlachodimos (1994), Jonas Hofmann (1992), and Manfred Binz (1965). After him are Angelo Stiller (2001), Nick Woltemade (2002), Alexander Nübel (1996), René Müller (1959), Frank Schmidt (1974), and Karim Bellarabi (1990).

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