Ari Hjelm
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ari Juhani Hjelm | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Tampere, Finland | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Tampere United (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1988 | FC Ilves | 174 | (104) |
1988–1990 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 55 | (10) |
1990–1992 | FC Ilves | 65 | (29) |
1992–1993 | FC St. Pauli | 21 | (4) |
1993 | FC Ilves | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | FC St. Pauli | 27 | (3) |
1994 | FC Ilves | 18 | (6) |
1995–1996 | HJK Helsinki | 31 | (12) |
Total | 397 | (160) | |
National team | |||
1983–1996 | Finland | 100 | (20) |
Teams managed | |||
2001–2010 | Tampere United | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born 24 February 1962) is a Finnish football coach and former player.[1] He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga.
A forward, Hjelm played in the Bundesliga for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 1988–89 season. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Kickers (1989–90) and FC St. Pauli (1992–94). In Finland, Hjelm represented FC Ilves (1981–88 and 1990–94) and HJK Helsinki (1995–96).
Hjelm earned 100 caps for the Finland national team. He held the record for most caps for Finland a decade, before being overtaken by Jari Litmanen in 2006. He is also the fifth highest scorer for Finland with 20 goals. Hjelm is an honorary captain of the Finnish national team.
His son Jonne Hjelm is a player for FC Ilves.
Honours[]
As player[]
- Veikkausliiga: 1983
- Finnish Cup: 1990, 1996
- Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1987
- Honorary captain of the Finland national team
As coach[]
- Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007
- Finnish Cup: 2007
- Finnish League Cup: 2009
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Ari Hjelm". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
External links[]
- Ari Hjelm at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Association football forwards
- FIFA Century Club
- Finland international footballers
- Mestaruussarja players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Ilves players
- Stuttgarter Kickers players
- FC St. Pauli players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Finnish football managers
- Footballers from Tampere
- Tampere United managers
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany