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Kari Martonen

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Kari Martonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-13) 13 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Valkeakoski, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1989 HJK 104 (16)
1990–1996 FC Haka 144 (6)
Managerial career
2001–2005 Haka (assistant/youth coach)
2006–2009 Honka (assistant)
2007–2013 Finland U21 (assistant)
2010–2013 JJK
2015–2016 Haka (assistant)
2017–2022 Finland (assistant)
2023 Haka (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kari Martonen (born 13 March 1963) is a Finnish football manager and former player.

As a player, he played in total of 248 matches and scored 22 goals for HJK and FC Haka. After retiring as a player, he started working as a youth coach at his former club Haka and soon became the assistant manager under Olli Huttunen. In 2006, he became the assistant manager under Mika Lehkosuo at FC Honka.

In November 2009 as Ville Priha was sacked from JJK, Martonen took over as a head coach, signing a three-year contract with JJK.[1]

Honours

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As player

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As coach

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ Kari Martonen JJK:n päävalmentajaksi (Kari Martonen becomes the head coach of JJK) Archived 27 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Veikkausliiga.com, 17.11.2009 (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Team of the month announced Archived 1 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Veikkausliiga.com, 1.5.2010 (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Alexander Ringistä syyskuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)