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Tommi Pikkarainen
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-12-06) 6 December 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
VPS (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)
2002–2004 Pargas IF
2005–2006 SalPa
2008–2009 Jaro (assistant)
2010–2011 VPS
2017–2018 SalPa
2018–2020 TPS
2020 Riteriai
2022–2024 Jazz (sporting director)
2024– VPS (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommi Pikkarainen (born 6 December 1969) is a Finnish football manager and former player, currently working as a sporting director of Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) in Veikkausliiga.[2][3]

Playing career

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As a player, Pikkarainen played as a centre back for KPV and Porin Pallo-Toverit in Veikkausliiga, and for KPV and Pallo-Iirot in second-tier Ykkönen. He also played for Husqvarna FF in Swedish second division. His professional playing career was limited due to knee injury when aged 24. Later he played also for Sporting Kristina and VG-62 in lower divisions in the Finnish football league system and also coached for the clubs.

Coaching career

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Pikkarainen has coached Pargas IF, SalPa, and Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) and Turun Palloseura (TPS) in Finnish Veikkausliiga, and Riteriai in Lithuanian A Lyga in 2020. He has also worked previously as an assistant coach for Inter Turku and Jaro, and as a U19 youth coach for TPS between 2012 and 2015.

Since March 2022, he served as a sporting director of FC Jazz, having previously played for the club when it was named Porin Pallo-Toverit in 1991.[4] On 13 February 2024, it was announced that Pikkarainen will leave the club in the end of March as his two-year deal expires.[5][6] Later he stated that the reason for leaving was the inequality and negligence in the city of Pori between different sports.[7][8][9]

On 21 October 2024, Veikkausliiga club VPS announced the appointment of Pikkarainen as the club's new sporting director after the departure of Petri Vuorinen, starting after the ongoing season.[10] Pikkarainen would make a return to the club after having served as VPS head coach in Veikkausliiga in 2010–2011.

Personal life

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His son Juhani Pikkarainen is a professional footballer for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.[11][12]

Coaching record

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As of 9 July 2023
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
SalPa Finland 1 January 2018 31 December 2018 22 13 4 5 059.09
TPS Finland 1 January 2019 23 July 2020 44 21 10 13 047.73
Riteriai Lithuania 11 August 2020 31 December 2020 8 2 2 4 025.00
Total 74 36 16 22 048.65

References

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  1. ^ "Finnish Players Abroad".
  2. ^ "Futbolo Klubas Riteriai » "Riterius" treniruos specialistas iš Suomijos".
  3. ^ MTV Urheilun tiedot: Viime kauden liigakomeetta valitsi uuden urheilujohtajan, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 21 October 2024
  4. ^ Tommi Pikkarainen seuran uusi toiminnanjohtaja, fcjazz.com, 4 March 2022
  5. ^ SKLS: Tommi Pikkarainen ei jatka FC Jazzin toiminnanjohtajana, Yle, 13 February 2024
  6. ^ Jättiyllätys: FC Jazzia johtava Tommi Pikkarainen jättää tehtävänsä, Satakunnan Kansa, 13 February 2024
  7. ^ Porin kaupunginjohtajan kommentti oli viimeinen niitti – ”Minä hävisin”, Satakunnan Kansa, 14 April 2024
  8. ^ ”Olosuhteet ovat porilaisen jalkapallon suurin pullonkaula”, toiminnanjohtaja Tommi Pikkarainen, FC Jazz, pallotv.fi, 13 March 2024
  9. ^ FC Jazzin entinen toiminnanjohtaja valittiin kovaan pestiin – kertoo terveisensä kaupungille: ”Sama tapahtuisi Porissa”, Satakunnan Kansa, 22 October 2024
  10. ^ VPS:n urheilujohtaja vaihtuu - Tommi Pikkarainen ottaa ohjat kauden päätteeksi, vepsu.fi, 21 October 2024
  11. ^ TPS 100 vuotta – Veikkausliigan erikoisuus – isä Tommi Pikkarainen valmentaa ja poika Juhani pelaa samassa joukkueessa, jalkipeli.net, 29 June 2020
  12. ^ Isä ja poika vastakkain torstaina alkavassa liigakarsinnassa – KPV:n Juhani Pikkarainen ja TPS:n Tommi Pikkarainen eivät asiasta keskustele, Keskipohjanmaa, 24 October 2019
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