Antti Okkonen

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Antti Okkonen
Antti Okkonen 2018.jpg
Okkonen with RoPS in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
OLS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 MyPa 98 (6)
2004–2007 Landskrona BoIS 93 (3)
2007Silkeborg (loan) 12 (1)
2008–2009 Mons 36 (2)
2009–2011 MyPa 42 (2)
2012 HJK 22 (0)
2013–2018 RoPS 162 (5)
International career
2003–2006 Finland 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antti Okkonen (born 6 June 1982) is a former footballer who played in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium. In addition, he played for the national team. He was a defensive midfielder. [1]

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Career

Okkonen started youth career in Oulun Luistinseura. He made his debut on the club's OPS representative team in the second season in 1998. He made his league debut at Myllykoski Pallo in the year 2000. In MyPa's shirt, Okkonen won one Finnish Championship silver and two Finnish Championship bronzes during three seasons (2000-2003).

From Myllykoski, Okkonen moved to Sweden in the team of Landskrona for four (2004-2007) seasons. In the first half of 2007, he was on loan in Silkeborg, Denmark. In January 2008, Okkonen moved to the Belgian RAEC Mons, where he played for one and a half seasons. In August 2009, he returned to MyPa with a contract for the rest of the season, which was extended for two years at the end of the period. For the 2012 season, Okkonen joined the team of the reigning Finnish champion Helsinki Football Club, where he also won the only Finnish championship in his career.

After the championship season, Okkonen moved to the Rovaniemi Football Club, where he would play his final years. He managed to play 6 seasons (2013-2018) in RoPS, during this period he won the Finnish Cup 2013 and two Finnish Championship silver medals in 2015 and 2018. He also served as the team's captain.

During his career in Veikkausliiga, Okkonen played more than 300 matches and played 13 national matches in the Finnish national team. He has also played 18 youth and 56 boys national matches. Okkonen participated in the Finnish team at the 2001 World Championships for under-20s.

After the end of his player career, Antti Okkonen continued his cooperation with the RoPS and currently works as a junior manager and is responsible for the activities of 7-12 year olds.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024. [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OPS 1998 Kakkonen 120120
1999Kakkonen207207
Total327000000327
MyPa 2000 Veikkausliiga 202202
2001 Veikkausliiga2731 [lower-alpha 3] 0283
2002 Veikkausliiga2712 [lower-alpha 3] 0291
2003 Veikkausliiga2404 [lower-alpha 3] 2282
Total9860000721058
Landskrona BoIS 2004 Allsvenskan 250250
2005 Allsvenskan231231
2006 Superettan 282282
2007 Superettan170170
Total933000000933
Silkeborg (loan) 2006–07 Danish Superliga 121121
R.A.E.C. Mons 2007–08 Belgian First Division 13110141
2008–09 Belgian First Division24110251
Total372200000392
MyPa 2009 Veikkausliiga7070
2010 Veikkausliiga24110106 [lower-alpha 4] 1322
2011 Veikkausliiga1111020141
Total422203061533
HJK Helsinki 2012 Veikkausliiga22030914 [lower-alpha 5] 0381
RoPS 2013 Veikkausliiga3035020373
2014 Veikkausliiga32120402 [lower-alpha 4] 0401
2015 Veikkausliiga3001060370
2016 Veikkausliiga16010512 [lower-alpha 4] 0241
2017 Veikkausliiga25020270
2018 Veikkausliiga29150341
Total1625160171401996
Career total4982623029221357131

International

Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200330
200460
200520
200620
Total130

Statistics accurate as of match played 25 January 2006 [3]

Personal life

Antti is the younger brother of former footballer Jarkko Okkonen.

Honours

Veikkausliiga

Individual


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