Roni Porokara

Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish international football player, who currently plays for FC Honka in the Kakkonen. Porokara is the first Jewish player in the Finnish national team since 1949.

FC Hämeenlinna

On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-year spell with Hämeenlinna, he made 46 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

FC Honka

He joined FC Honka in 2005, and played there until the end of 2007, making 76 league appearances and scoring 24 goals.

Örebro SK

In 2008, Porokara moved to the Swedish Premier Division side Örebro SK staying there until the end of 2010, making 84 league appearances and scoring 11 goals.

At the end of the 2009 Allsvenskan season, after playing for a year in Örebro SK, Porokara entered into negotiations with Israeli clubs, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Porokara attracted interest from Maccabi Haifa due to his eligibility to receive Israeli citizenship under the law of return.
He was set to transfer to Maccabi Haifa in January 2010, for $700,000, but the deal fell through.

In August 2010, Porokara attracted interest from number of clubs in Europe. Wigan Athletic from the Premier League was the big name out of this clubs along with Cesena from Serie A, and few clubs from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland. After Örebro finished third in 2010, Porokara announced that he will not renew his contract with the Swedes.

Beerschot AC

On 3 December 2010 he signed with Beerschot, where he stayed until the summer of 2012, before moving to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.

Back to FC Honka

Porokara returned to FC Honka in 2015 after the team was relegated to Kakkonen due to financial problems. After injury-filled first season, Porokara still remains an active player but has moved towards the administration side of the club.

International career

On 13 April 2005, Porokara made his only appearance for the Finnish under-21 side in a friendly match against their Estonian counterparts. His full national team debut came a year later on 25 May 2006 in a friendly against Sweden. Porokara was a late substitute and only got a minute on the pitch.

In 11/8/2010 Porokara scored the winning goal against Belgium in friendly game.

International goals

As of 12 December 2009

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Reports
1.	2 February 2009	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	1–3	1–5	Friendly match	[1]
2.	10 October 2009	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	Wales	1–0	2–1	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying	[2]
3.	11 August 2010	Veritas Stadion, Turku	Belgium	1-0	1-0	Friendly	[3]
4.	17 November 2010	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	San Marino	7-0	8-0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.	9 February 2011	Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent	Belgium	1-1	1-1	Friendly

Club

FC Honka

• Ykkönen: 2005

Individual

• BV Cup Player of the Tournament: 2006
• Veikkausliiga All-Star Team: 2006