Tommi Pikkarainen
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 December 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Kokkola, Finland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Jazz (sporting director) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1990 | KPV | 58 | (0) |
1991 | PPT | 23 | (0) |
1992 | Husqvarna[1] | ||
1994 | Pallo-Iirot | 22 | (4) |
1996–1998 | Sporting Kristina | 58 | (12) |
1999 | VG-62 | 9 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2000 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | SalPa | ||
2008–2009 | Jaro (assistant) | ||
2010–2011 | VPS | ||
2017–2018 | SalPa | ||
2018–2020 | TPS | ||
2020 | Riteriai | ||
2022– | Jazz (sporting director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tommi Pikkarainen (born 6 December 1969) is a Finnish football manager and former player.[2]
Career
[edit]Since March 2022, he has worked as a sporting director of FC Jazz.[3] On 13 February 2024, it was announced that Pikkarainen will leave the club in the end of March as his two-year deal expires.[4][5] Later he stated that the reason for leaving was the inequality in the city of Pori between different sports.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]His son Juhani Pikkarainen is a professional footballer for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Finnish Players Abroad".
- ^ "Futbolo Klubas Riteriai » "Riterius" treniruos specialistas iš Suomijos".
- ^ Tommi Pikkarainen seuran uusi toiminnanjohtaja, fcjazz.com, 4 March 2022
- ^ SKLS: Tommi Pikkarainen ei jatka FC Jazzin toiminnanjohtajana, Yle, 13 February 2024
- ^ Jättiyllätys: FC Jazzia johtava Tommi Pikkarainen jättää tehtävänsä, Satakunnan Kansa, 13 February 2024
- ^ Porin kaupunginjohtajan kommentti oli viimeinen niitti – ”Minä hävisin”, Satakunnan Kansa, 14 April 2024
- ^ ”Olosuhteet ovat porilaisen jalkapallon suurin pullonkaula”, toiminnanjohtaja Tommi Pikkarainen, FC Jazz, pallotv.fi, 13 March 2024
- ^ TPS 100 vuotta – Veikkausliigan erikoisuus – isä Tommi Pikkarainen valmentaa ja poika Juhani pelaa samassa joukkueessa, jalkipeli.net, 29 June 2020
- ^ Isä ja poika vastakkain torstaina alkavassa liigakarsinnassa – KPV:n Juhani Pikkarainen ja TPS:n Tommi Pikkarainen eivät asiasta keskustele, Keskipohjanmaa, 24 October 2019
External links
[edit]- Tommi Pikkarainen at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1969 births
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- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish football managers
- Salon Palloilijat managers
- FC Jazz players
- Husqvarna FF players
- Turun Palloseura managers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate football managers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate football managers in Lithuania
- Sportspeople from Kokkola
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Finnish sporting directors
- Pallo-Iirot players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Ykkönen players
- VG-62 players
- Sporting Kristina players
- Finnish football biography stubs