Career
He made his Veikkausliiga debut in the opening match of the 2009 season in a 0-3 defeat against the upcoming champions HJK. On 15 January 2010 he signed a three-year contract with KuPS. He has visited PSV Eindhoven"s trial camp twice. He has made in total of 26 appearances for Finland"s youth national teams and was selected by Markku Kanerva to represent Finland U21 in friendly against Luxembourg on 17 November 2010. He is the son of Finnish volleyball coach Timo Hoivala.