Jari Pyykölä Explained

Jari Pyykölä
Birth Date:1956 2, df=y
Birth Place:Vihanti, Finland
Currentclub:Tervarit (Coaching Director)
Manageryears1:1993–1994
Manageryears2:1995
Manageryears3:1996–1997
Manageryears4:1998–1999
Manageryears5:1999–2001
Manageryears6:2002–2003
Manageryears7:2005–2007
Manageryears8:2009
Manageryears9:2022
Managerclubs2:Gällivare SK
Managerclubs3:FC Jazz
Managerclubs4:IF Brommapojkarna
Managerclubs5:FC Lahti
Managerclubs6:KuPS
Managerclubs7:VPS
Managerclubs8:OPS
Managerclubs9:IFK Mariehamn

Jari Pyykölä (born 29 February 1956) is a Finnish football manager. He is currently the Coaching Director of Finnish third-tier club Tervarit.

Pyykölä has managed FC Jazz, FC Lahti, KuPS and VPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga. He was the head coach of Swedish club IF Brommapojkarna from 1998 to 1999. In 1998 the club was promoted to Superettan.[1]

Pyykölä won the 1996 Finnish Championship title with FC Jazz. Ten months later he was replaced by Jukka Vakkila, just couple of days before the first leg of 1997–98 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against Feyenoord.[2] In 2008 Pyykölä was named as the head coach of OPS Oulu but he resigned before the season started.

Honors

References

  1. Web site: Jari Pyykölä ensi kauden päävalmentaja . Oulun Palloseura. 22 September 2008 . Finnish. 24 June 2013.
  2. http://www.urheilumuseo.fi/portals/47/veikkausliiga/valmentajat/pyykola.htm Veikkausliiga