Mika Pulkkinen

Mika Pulkkinen
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-29) 29 December 1972
Place of birth Kotka, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
KTP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1996 KTP 104 (7)
1997 TP-Seinäjoki 26 (3)
1998–1999 Kotkan TP 49 (11)
1999–2000 Heerenveen 5 (0)
2000–2001 SW Bregenz 11 (0)
2001 Atlantis 12 (0)
2002 AC Allianssi 3 (0)
2002 → AC Vantaa (loan) 1 (0)
2002 → KooTeePee (loan) 10 (0)
2003 KooTeePee 16 (1)
Managerial career
2013–2016 KTP (coaching director)
2017–2019 HJS (coaching director)
2020 RoPS (assistant)
2020–2022 RoPS (coaching director)
2022 Hønefoss
2023 KuPS II
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mika Pulkkinen (born 29 December 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. Pulkkinen started football in his hometown club KTP. Besides in his native Finland, Pulkkinen played for Heerenveen in Dutch Eredivisie[1] and for SW Bregenz in Austrian Bundesliga. During his career, he made 81 appearances in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga for TP-Seinäjoki, Kotkan TP, Atlantis, Allianssi and KooTeePee, scoring nine goals in total.[2]

After his playing career, Pulkkinen has worked as a coaching director for KTP, HJS and RoPS, which he also coached.[3] In 2022, he worked as a head coach of Norwegian club Hønefoss.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Mika Pulkkinen Heerenveeniin, Yle, 18 October 1999
  2. ^ Pulkkinen, Mika, veikkausliiga.com
  3. ^ Mika Pulkkinen RoPS:n valmennuspäälliköksi, veikkausliiga.com, 6 November 2019
  4. ^ Kotkalainen Mika Pulkkinen sai päävalmentajapestin Norjasta – "Iso haaste, mutta myös iso mahdollisuus", Kymen Sanomat, 31 May 2022
  5. ^ Mika Pulkkinen KuPS ry:n Akatemiaympäristön päävalmentajaksi / talenttivalmentajaksi, juniorikups.fi, 31 January 2023
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