What is Pertti Alaja?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Pertti Alaja | image = Pertti Alaja.jpg | caption = Pertti Alaja in 2012. | fullname = Pertti Johannes Alaja | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|2|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|8|18|1952|2|18|df=y}} | death_place = [[Espoo]], Finland | height = | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1971-1972 | clubs1 = [[FC Haka|Haka]] | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1973-1975 | clubs2 = [[Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|HJK]] | caps2 = 57 | goals2 = | years3 = 1976-1977 | clubs3 = [[Oulun Työväen Palloilijat|OTP]] | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1978–1979 | clubs4 = [[Ikast FS|Ikast]] | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1980–1981 | clubs5 = [[Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982)|Edmonton Drillers]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/fin-players-abroad.html Finnish Players Abroad]</ref> | caps5 = 47 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1982–1983 | clubs6 = [[Malmö FF]] | caps6 = 44 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]<ref>[http://yle.fi/urheilu/pertti_alaja_valittiin_palloliiton_puheenjohtajaksi/6334618 Pertti Alaja valittiin Palloliiton puheenjohtajaksi]</ref>| nationalcaps1 = 29| nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Pertti Johannes Alaja''' (18 February 1952 – 18 August 2017) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[footballer]]. He was born in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. He played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].<ref>{{cite book | title=100 år med Allsvensk fotboll | publisher=Idrottsförlaget | author=Alsjö, Martin | year=2011 | pages=307–309 | language=sv | isbn=978-91-977326-7-3}}</ref> He played for [[HJK Helsinki]], [[FC Haka|Haka]], [[Oulun Työväen Palloilijat]], [[Ikast FS|Ikast]], [[Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982)|Edmonton Drillers]], [[Malmö FF]] and for the [[Finland national football team]].<ref>[http://yle.fi/urheilu/pertti_alaja_valittiin_palloliiton_puheenjohtajaksi/6334618 Pertti Alaja