Jussi Nuorela
Personal information
Full name Jussi Johan Nuorela
Date of birth (1974-08-11) 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
0000–1991 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

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

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

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.

Honours

Club

Vaasan Palloseura

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[5]
  • Veikkausliiga Coach of the Year: 2023[6]
  • Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: July 2023, August 2023,[7] October 2023[8]

References

  1. ↑ "NUORELA Jussi". Veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "JUSSI JOHAN NUORELA". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "International Matches 1994 - Intercontinental, January–April". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "Jussi Nuorela Vaasan Palloseuran päävalmentajaksi" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
  6. ↑ VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
  7. ↑ Jussi Nuorela valittu Veikkausliigan lokakuun valmentajaksi
  8. ↑ Tässä on Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja
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