Toni Korkeakunnas
Korkeakunnas with FC Lahti
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-15) 15 May 1968
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
TP-Seinäjoki
VPS
PK-35
Managerial career
1999–2002 IF Gnistan
2003–2004 FC Hämeenlinna
2007 IF Gnistan
2008–2010 FC Viikingit
2008–2010 Finland U19
2011–2013 MYPA
2014–2018 FC Lahti
2022 HJK (assistant)
2023– HJK
*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.

Playing career

Korkeakunnas played for eight different Finnish clubs in a career which spanned 19 years, including spells at VPS and HIFK. He holds a master's in Learning Theory, and has taught as an elementary school teacher.

Coaching career

On 23 November 2021, Korkeakunnas signed a contract to join HJK as an assistant coach for the 2022 season.[2]

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. [3] 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.

Honours

Club

HJK

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Valmennustiimi vahvistuu" (in Finnish). HJK. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ↑ https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009716653.html%7Cdate=13 July 2023
  4. ↑ Ojalalle toinen titteli peräkkäin Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  6. ↑ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  7. ↑ Hongan Abdoulaye Méïté Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  8. ↑ Henrik Moisander heinäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  9. ↑ Mika Hilander Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
  10. ↑ (in Finnish)
  11. ↑ Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)

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