Kari Martonen

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

Kari Martonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-13) 13 March 1963
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 FC Haka (Assistant manager/Youth coach)
2006–2009 FC Honka (Assistant manager)
2007–2013 Finland U21 (Assistant manager)
2010–2013 JJK
2015–2016 Haka (Assistant manager)
2017–2022 Finland (Assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

As player

As coach

References

  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)
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