Free for any contract since his departure from Dijon, Abdoulaye Méïté finally found an insured destination.

After his transfer aborted to Panathinaikos (Greece), the Ivorian international defender of 32 years found an agreement with FC Honka, a Finnish first division club.

Finnish Cup Winner and seventh in the last edition of the championship, FC Honka made the former Marseille player sign a six-month contract with.

“I’m back on land and I am happy. It’s been several months since I did not play, so I’m happy."

"This is my first time in Finland. It is pretty cold, I have to get used to it. No problem. I am here to bring my experience. The team is good, players too. I am here to win the Championship”, has confided the new defender of FC Honka.

Gambia international midfielder Dawda Bah has made a return to Finland by joining Veikkausliiga [top-tier] club, Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on a one-year contract, Modou Beyai's blog revealed.

Dawda Bah was forced to look for a new club after German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg decided in January to terminate his contract, apparently for disciplinary reasons.

The decision followed a long injury layoff by the Gambian midfielder who made only one appearance for Augsburg as a late second half substitute, after his move there in August 2011 from Finnish Veikkausliiga side HJK Helsinki

He was reported to be on trial in Serbia last month with a top club, FK Vojvodina Novi Sad but nothing solid, came out of it and it now appears he’ll be keeping busy with KuPS for one year.

FIFA finds FAZ with a case to answer as to how Zambian players banned for match fixing in Finland in 2011 were cleared to play in the FAZ league in 2012.

FIFA disciplinary committee said it would also like to know how four players were even cleared to play in the Super Division.

“On 19 February 2013 FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association of Zambia for having allegedly transferred and registered eight players in breach of the FIFA regulations governing the transfer of players,” FIFA said.

“It appears that eight players were transferred from the Finland Football Association to the Football Association of Zambia outside of the FIFA Transfer Matching System (TMS), without an International Transfer Certificate (ITC), and outside of the registration period.”

Kotoko defender Gideon Baah has signed for Finnish top-flight side FC Honka on loan, the club have confirmed.

The left-back is down the pecking order at the club after the acquisition of Ugandan Joseph Ochaya. 

Baah joined Kotoko three seasons ago after his former side Sporting Mirren were relegated from the Ghana Premier League. 

The TV Soccer Reality Show winner failed to command a first team place after recovering from a career-threatening injury. 

He broke his leg at the Baba Yara Stadium during the Ghana Premier League derby against Hearts of Oak.

Six Zambian players have had worldwide bans imposed on them by Fifa after a match-fixing scandal in Finland.

Godfrey Chibanga, Chileshe Chibwe, Steven Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba and Nchimunya Mweetwa had already been banned by Football Association of Finland (Faf), following the conclusion of an appeals process.

The six played for Rovaniemi Palloseura (RoPs), and along with a number of colleagues, were convicted of taking bribes by a Finnish court last year.

The Singaporean man at the heart of the investigation, Wilson Raj Perumal, was sentenced to two years in prison.