![]() Kokko with RoPS in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2004 | Jazz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | Jazz | 1 | (0) |
2004–2006 | PoPa | 13 | (5) |
2006 | Hämeenlinna | 15 | (12) |
2007–2010 | Honka | 58 | (32) |
2010 | → PoPa (loan) | 7 | (5) |
2011 | VPS | 18 | (3) |
2012–2016 | RoPS | 104 | (56) |
2016–2017 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Eastern | 6 | (3) |
2018–2020 | RoPS | 26 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Finland U21 | 5 | (3) |
2016 | Finland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2017 |
Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987) is a Russian-born Finnish former footballer who plays as a striker.
Kokko was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. He is of Ingrian Finnish descent and emigrated with his family to Pori, Finland at the age of ten. [1]
Kokko started playing football in FC Jazz youth sector.
In 2004, he made his first appearance in the Finnish top flight Veikkausliiga at the age of 17 with Jazz first team. He joined fellow Veikkausliiga club FC Honka before the 2007 season and made six appearances for the club during his first season. On 5 May 2008, he scored a hat-trick when FC Honka beat FC Haka in a league match by the scoreline of 7–0. Those were his first goals in the Finnish Premier Division. Kokko was the top goalscorer in the 2008 season of Veikkausliiga with 13 goals. In August 2010, Kokko was loaned to FC PoPa. He joined VPS for the 2011 season, before joining RoPS in 2012.
On 6 August 2016, Kokko signed a two-year deal with Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets [2]
On 10 July 2017, he decided to join Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. [3]
On 21 June 2018, Kokko returned to RoPS, signing until the end of the 2019 season. [4]
Kokko announcement his retirement from playing career after the 2020 season.
Kokko made his debut for the Finland U21 on 20 August 2008 in a match against Sweden. [5] In February 2016 he debuted for the Finland national team against Sweden. [6]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jazz | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
PoPa | 2004 | Kolmonen | — | — | ||||||||
2005 | Kakkonen | — | — | |||||||||
2006 | Kakkonen | — | — | |||||||||
Total | 13 | 5 | — | — | 13 | 5 | ||||||
Hämeenlinna | 2006 | Ykkönen | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 12 | ||
Honka | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2008 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 13 | |
2009 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 6 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
2010 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
Total | 55 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 73 | 23 | ||
PoPa (loan) | 2010 | Ykkönen | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 5 | ||
VPS | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |
RoPS | 2012 | Ykkönen | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 15 | ||
2013 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 28 | 11 | ||
2014 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 25 | 10 | |
2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 33 | 19 | ||
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 23 | 13 | |
Total | 104 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 131 | 68 | ||
Newcastle Jets | 2016–17 | A-League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Eastern | 2017–18 | Hong Kong Premier League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 6] | 1 | — | 10 | 4 | |
RoPS | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
Total | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
Career total | 258 | 105 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 313 | 124 |
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