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On 29 July 2018, Mattila signed a contract with Fredrikstad.

Two days after he terminated his contract with Fulham FC, Matilla signed for SønderjyskE. He signed a three-year contract. Mattila made his Superliga debut on 14 August 2016 in a match against Brøndby when on 64th minute he replaced Adama Guira as a substitute.

On 4 August 2015 Mattila signed for Fulham FC for an undisclosed fee. On 8 August 2016 his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Mattila was the captain of the Finnish under-19 national team and made his international senior level debut for Finland in March 2014, at the age of 24 and has since appeared in 2016 UEFA European Championship qualifications and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications.

On 3 November 2013, it was announced that Mattila has signed a three-year contract with Aalesunds FK in Norway's Tippeligaen.

He made his debut for the Finnish national team on 30 October 2013 in a friendly match in Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego against Mexico. Mattila earned his second cap for Finland on 5 March 2014, in the 2:1 away win over Hungary in a friendly match after coming on as a last minute substitute for Roman Eremenko. Mattila made his UEFA European Championship qualification match debut on 29 March 2015 on Windsor Park when Mixu Paatelainen chose him to the starting eleven for a match against Northern Ireland.

On 29 July 2012, it was announced that Mattila had joined his former club, HJK, on loan until end of December 2013.

On 10 August 2010 he was loaned again. This time to AC Bellinzona, playing in the Swiss top level.

Before the season 2008, HJK was on a training camp in Marbella and Mattila was spotted by scouts of Sevilla FC and Málaga CF. He was playing on schoolboy terms, but HJK managed to sign a three-year contract with him.

In August 2008, Serie A club Palermo called him up for a week-long trial after scouting him in Helsinki. Just a week after his visit to Palermo, Udinese Calcio called him up for a week-long trial. Before leaving to Udine, Mattila stated that he is ready for a move to Italy. In October, Iltasanomat told that Udinese had made an offer, but HJK rejected the first bid. The asking price was said to be around 700.000 euros. After rumours about his move to Udinese, Mattila stated that he wants to make a career in Italy and was hoping for a move in the next transfer window.

In November 2008, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Udinese and joined the club in January 2009. He played with the Primavera team and in July 2009 left on loan for Ascoli.

Sakari Mattila (born 14 July 1989) is a Finnish professional football defensive midfielder who plays for the Helsinki IFK and represents the Finland national football team. Mattila was born in Tampere, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Klubi-04, before making his league debut for HJK at age 18 in 2008.