Petri Jakonen

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Petri Jakonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-06-09) 9 June 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Suolahti, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Salon Vilpas
SalPa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Reipas Lahti 20 (0)
1989–1990 HJK 34 (0)
1991 Helsingborg 8 (0)
1992–1993 TPS 62 (0)
1994–1998 MyPa 131 (0)
International career
1988 Finland U21 4 (0)
1990–1996 Finland 26 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2001 SalPa (sporting director)
2001–2003 TPS (sporting director)
2004–2009 TPS (CEO)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024

Petri Jakonen (born 9 June 1967) is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He was capped 26 times for Finland national football team during 1990–1996. Jakonen is currently working as the chief executive officer of Eerikkilä Sports Centre.

Club career[edit]

Jakonen started his football career in Salo with Vilpas and SalPa.[1]

He has played 247 matches in Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga for Reipas Lahti, HJK Helsinki, TPS and MYPA,[2] winning the Finnish championship title with HJK in 1990. While playing with MyPa, Jakonen was named the Veikkausliiga Best Goalkeeper in 1994, and won the Finnish Cup title in 1995. He also played briefly for Helsingborgs IF in Swedish second-tier.[3]

International career[edit]

Jakonen has made 26 appearances for Finland national team.

Later career[edit]

Jakonen was one of the founding members of Jalkapallon pelaajayhdistys (JPY, eng. The Football Players Union), and was the chairman of JPY during 1994–1996.[4]

After his playing career, Jakonen worked as a sporting director of Salon Palloilijat (SalPa). On 8 October 2001, he was named the sporting director of Turun Palloseura (TPS).[5] He was the CEO of TPS until 12 May 2009,[6] when he started to work for Finnish FA as the director of top-level football.[7][3] In 2011, Jakonen was partly responsible of the recruiting process of Mixu Paatelainen for the head coach position of Finland national team.[8][9][10] Since 2013, Jakonen is the chief executive officer of Eerikkilä Sports Centre.[11][12][13] Since 2014, Jakonen has been a member of the boardroom of Urheiluopistot ry, and on 29 January 2021, he was named the chairman.[14]

Personal life[edit]

His sons Oskari Jakonen and Olli Jakonen are also professional football players for SalPa.[15]

Honours[edit]

HJK

MyPa

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga: Best Goalkeeper 1994[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Tiistain Top Ten: Salolaislähtöiset jalkapalloilijat, Salon Seudun Sanomat, 10 December 2019
  2. ^ 25 vuotta MyPan ja Liverpoolin kohtaamisesta – Näin pelaaja- ja valmentajalegendat muistelevat suurseuran ja kyläjoukkueen välistä ottelua, Kouvolan Sanomat, 26 September 2021
  3. ^ a b c Toimitusjohtaja Petri Jakonen jättää TPS:n, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 12 May 2009
  4. ^ Petri Jakonen täyttää 50 vuotta, JPY, 9 June 2017
  5. ^ Nostalgia: Petri Jakonen TPS-pomoksi 8.10.2001, Turun Sanomat, 8 October 2001
  6. ^ TPS:n taustalle yksityisiä rahoittajia, Turun Sanomat, 24 May 2006
  7. ^ Petri Jakonen jättää TPS:n, Iltalehti, 12 May 2009
  8. ^ ”Emme edes neuvotelleet muiden kanssa”, Iltalehti, 31 March 2011
  9. ^ Tämä ryhmä kartoittaa futismaajoukkueen päävalmentajan, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 20 November 2010
  10. ^ Jakonen korostaa yhteistä peli-identiteettiä, Yle, 29 November 2010
  11. ^ Petri Jakonen siirtyy Palloliitosta Eerikkilään, Yle, 8 May 2012
  12. ^ Jälkipeli: Eerikkilässä on vahvaa turkulaista osaamista, Aamuset, 6 October 2019
  13. ^ Huippujalkapallojohtaja haluaa Eerikkilään, Iltalehti, 21 March 2013
  14. ^ Petri Jakosesta Urheiluopistot ry:n puheenjohtaja, eerikkila.fi, 29 January 2021
  15. ^ JO KOLMAS JAKONEN TPS:N RIVEIHIN – OLLI JAKONEN SIIRTYY SEURAAN, fc.tps.fi, 29 November 2021

External links[edit]

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