Joonas Kolkka

Joonas Kolkka
Personal information
Full name	Joonas Kolkka
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left Winger
Team information
Current team	Feyenoord
Number	22
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 August 2006

Joonas Kolkka (born September 28 1974 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played as a left winger most of his career, but can also play on the right wing.

Kolkka started his career with Reipas Lahti and MyPa in Finland's Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 1995 before joining Netherlands' Willem II the same year. In 1998 Kolkka joined Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven where he won two Dutch championships and got to play in the UEFA Champions League. Kolkka then moved to Greek giants Panathinaikos in 2001, and he spent two seasons there. After leaving Greece, Kolkka played a season each for Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga and Crystal Palace of the English Premiership. He was released by Palace, and returned to the Netherlands in 2005, signing a one-year deal with ADO Den Haag. After an impressive season with ADO, he was signed by Dutch giants Feyenoord in the summer of 2006.