Jussi Nuorela
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jussi Johan Nuorela | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Valkeakoski, Finland | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | VPS (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1991 | Haka | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1996 | Haka | 93 | (8) |
1993–1995 | PSV Eindhoven | 0 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Groningen | 8 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Zwolle | 49 | (2) |
1999–2000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | (0) |
2000–2001 | MyPa | 45 | (7) |
2002–2003 | Malmö FF | 22 | (0) |
2002 | → Silkeborg IF (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Elazığspor | 11 | (0) |
2004–2005 | FC Vaduz | 26 | (1) |
2005–2007 | TPS | 44 | (3) |
2008–2009 | Inter Turku | 7 | (0) |
International career | |||
1994–2003 | Finland | 20 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2008–2011 | Inter Turku (U19) | ||
2012 | Espoo | ||
2021 | VPS (assistant) | ||
2021– | VPS | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jussi Nuorela (born 11 August 1974) is a Finnish professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of VPS in the Veikkausliiga.[1]
Club career[edit]
Nuorela began his professional career with FC Haka in the Veikkausliiga. He spent one season in the Turkish Super Lig with Elazığspor.[2] After the 2009 season he retired from professional football and started as a youth coach at FC Inter Turku.
International career[edit]
Nuorela has made 20 appearances for the full Finland national football team, his debut coming in a friendly match against Qatar on 25 January 1994.[3]
Coaching career[edit]
On 18 June 2021, he was promoted to the position of the head coach of VPS in the second-tier Finnish Ykkönen.[4] He led the club to the promotion to the top-level Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2021 season.
Personal life[edit]
His son Josep Nuorela is a professional footballer playing for VPS, and his younger son Luka plays for VPS U19 youth team.[5]
Managerial achievements[edit]
VPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2023 3rd place
- Ykkönen: 2021
Individual[edit]
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[6]
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Year: 2023[7]
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: July 2023, August 2023,[8] October 2023[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "NUORELA Jussi". Veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "JUSSI JOHAN NUORELA". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "International Matches 1994 - Intercontinental, January–April". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "Jussi Nuorela Vaasan Palloseuran päävalmentajaksi" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Vaasassa kiertää ilkeitä huhuja VPS:n Nuoreloista – ”Henkilökohtaiset suhteet eivät pääse vaikuttamaan”, ilkkapohjalainen.fi, 9 June 2021
- ^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
- ^ VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
- ^ Jussi Nuorela valittu Veikkausliigan lokakuun valmentajaksi
- ^ Tässä on Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja
External links[edit]
- Jussi Nuorela at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Valkeakoski
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Danish Superliga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Süper Lig players
- FC Haka players
- FC Inter Turku players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- FC Groningen players
- PEC Zwolle players
- Silkeborg IF players
- Malmö FF players
- Elazığspor footballers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- FC Vaduz players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Finnish football managers
- Vaasan Palloseura managers
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Finnish football defender stubs