Miska Ylitolva

Miska Ylitolva is a Finnish defender who plays primarily as a right-back for HJK Helsinki. Born on 23 May 2004, he began playing in Rovaniemi with FC Santa Claus before progressing through the Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) system. Ylitolva made his senior debut for RoPS’s reserve side in 2020 and moved into the first team in the Ykkönen in 2021. He joined HJK in January 2022 and made his Veikkausliiga debut against FC Honka that April, although an injury curtailed his season. In 2023, Ylitolva spent part of the campaign on loan at KTP, making 11 appearances and providing two assists. He returned to HJK and scored twice in a 3–1 Finnish League Cup win over FC Haka in January 2025. Ylitolva has represented Finland at under-18 and under-21 level and also made his senior debut in 2022.