Kari Martonen

Kari Martonen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-03-13) 13 March 1963 (age 61)
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	Haka (assistant/youth coach)
2006–2009	Honka (assistant)
2007–2013	Finland U21 (assistant)
2010–2013	JJK
2015–2016	Haka (assistant)
2017–2022	Finland (assistant)
2023	Haka (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

• Mestaruussarja: 1985, 1987, 1988
• Veikkausliiga: 1995
• Finnish Cup: 1982

As coach

• Veikkausliiga: 2004
• Finnish Cup: 2002

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: April 2010,^[2] September 2011,^[3]

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)
3. Alexander Ringistä syyskuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)