Jarkko Wiss

Jarkko Wiss

Personal information
Date of birth	17 April 1972 (1972-04-17)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	TPV	72	(6)
1996	FF Jaro	25	(1)
1997–1998	HJK	52	(8)
1999	Molde	0	(0)
1999	Lillestrøm	16	(4)
2000	Moss	17	(6)
2000–2001	Stockport County	41	(6)
2002–2004	Hibernian	48	(0)
2004–2007	Tampere United	90	(16)
National team
1996–2007	Finland	45	(3)
Teams managed
2011-	Tampere United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jarkko Wiss (born 17 April 1972 in Tampere) is a former Finnish footballer and the current manager of Tampere United.

Player career

As a player he played in the position of defensive midfielder for TPV Tampere, FF Jaro, HJK and Tampere United in Finland, Molde, Lillestrøm and Moss in Norway, Stockport County in England as well as Hibernian in Scotland.

He has also appeared over 40 times for the Finnish national team.

Coaching career

After retiring in 2007 at the age of 35, he worked both as a youth coach and as a sporting director for Tampere United between 2008-2009. He also managed the Finnish U15-football team.

On 29 October 2010 it was announced that Wiss had succeeded the long time head coach Ari Hjelm at Tampere United. He signed a 2+2 year contract with TamU on the same day.

External links

• Jarkko Wiss career stats at Soccerbase
• Jarkko Wiss at National-Football-Teams.com