Kari Martonen

Kari Martonen

Personal information
Date of birth	13 March 1963
Place of birth	Valkeakoski, Finland
Playing position	Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1982-1989	HJK	104	(16)
1990-1996	FC Haka	144	(6)
Teams managed
2001-2005	FC Haka (Assistant manager/Youth coach)
2006-2009	FC Honka (Assistant manager)
2007-	Finland U21 (Assistant manager)
2010-2013	JJK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Kari Martonen (born 13 March 1963 in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He also works as an assistant manager of the Finland U21 squad.

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
• Coach of the Month: April 2010^[2]

References

1. Kari Martonen JJK:n päävalmentajaksi (Kari Martonen becomes the head coach of JJK); Veikkausliiga.com, 17.11.2009 (Finnish)
2. Team of the month announced; Veikkausliiga.com, 1.5.2010 (Finnish)