Career
He is currently the assistant coach for Finland women"s national football team He played three seasons in the Finnish premier league Mestaruussarja for Sepsi-78 and Powerpoint Engineering Pori and three seasons in Swedish Allsvenskan for GIF Sundsvall. Sankala has coached GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan and Superettan and Umeå IK in women"s Damallsvenskan.
January 2013 he joined the coaching staff of Finland women"s national team