Toni Korkeakunnas
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 May 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland[1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
TP-Seinäjoki | |||
VPS | |||
PK-35 | |||
Managerial career | |||
1999–2002 | Gnistan | ||
2003–2004 | Hämeenlinna | ||
2007 | Gnistan | ||
2008–2010 | Viikingit | ||
2008–2010 | Finland U19 | ||
2011–2013 | MYPA | ||
2014–2018 | Lahti | ||
2019–2022 | Finland (analyst) | ||
2022 | HJK (assistant) | ||
2023 | HJK | ||
2023– | Finland (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Toni Korkeakunnas (born 15 May 1968) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who most recently worked as head coach of Veikkausliiga club HJK. He is an assistant coach of Finland senior national team
Playing career[edit]
Korkeakunnas played for eight different Finnish clubs in a career which spanned 19 years, including spells at Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) and HIFK. He holds a master's in Learning Theory, and has taught as an elementary school teacher.
Coaching career[edit]
On 23 November 2021, Korkeakunnas signed a contract to join HJK as an assistant coach for the 2022 season.[3]
On 13 July 2023, HJK sacked Toni Koskela following a poor run of form, and appointed Korkeakunnas manager for the rest of the 2023 season. Korkeakunnas also works in Markku Kanerva’s Finland National Team coaching staff. [4] Korkeakunnas led HJK to the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage, and won the fourth straight Veikkausliiga title for the club in 2023. In the end of the season, his contract was not extended.
Honours[edit]
HJK
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: July 2011,[5] April 2012,[6] August 2012,[7] August 2013,[8] July 2014,[9] July 2015,[10] July 2017[11]
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Year: 2012[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Toni Korkeakunnas at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Valmennustiimi vahvistuu" (in Finnish). HJK. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009716653.html%7Cdate=13 July 2023
- ^ Ojalalle toinen titteli peräkkäin Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Hongan Abdoulaye Méïté Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Henrik Moisander heinäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Mika Hilander Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
- ^ [1] (in Finnish)
- ^ Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)
External links[edit]
Media related to Toni Korkeakunnas at Wikimedia Commons
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finnish football managers
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 managers
- FC Lahti managers
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi managers
- PK-35 (men) players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- TP-Seinäjoki players
- IF Gnistan managers
- Finnish football biography stubs