Miska Ylitolva

Miska Ylitolva (born 23 May 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Allsvenskan club Kalmar, on loan from HJK.

Club career RoPS Ylitolva was born in Espoo, but soon after his family moved to Rovaniemi, Lapland. He began playing football at age 10 for Rovaniemi side FC Santa Claus. Later he joined another local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) where he made his senior debut in 2020 at the age of 16, playing for their reserve team in third tier Kakkonen. In 2021 he was promoted to the RoPS first team playing in second tier Ykkönen.

HJK In January 2022 Ylitolva signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga side HJK. He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 2 April 2022 against Honka. Ylitolva suffered an injury in that match and was ruled out almost for the whole season.

On 9 May 2022, Ylitolva signed an updated contract until the end of 2024 season.

On 17 July 2023, Ylitolva was sent on loan to a fellow Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) for the rest of the season. After his loan deal expired, he returned to HJK.

On 29 August 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension with HJK. On 8 January 2025, Ylitolva scored his first goals for HJK, by a brace in a 3–1 win against Haka in Finnish League Cup, providing also the assist to the third goal.

On 31 August 2026, he extended his contract with HJK and was loaned to Kalmar.

International career Ylitolva made his international debut on senior level for Finland on 26 March 2022 in a friendly match against Iceland. He has also played for Finland at various youth national team levels.

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Honours HJK Veikkausliiga: 2023 Finnish Cup: 2025