Esa Pekonen

Esa Pekonen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1986	Kuusysi	191	(16)
1987–1989	AIK	48	(4)
1990	Kuusysi	25	(3)
1992–1993	MyPa	56	(3)
1994–1995	Kuusysi	35	(1)
1997–1999	Lahti	3	(0)
International career
1981–1989	Finland	60	(2)
Managerial career
1998–1999	Lahti
2000–2001	KuPS
2009–2014	KuPS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Esa Pekonen (born 4 November 1961) is a Finnish former footballer and manager.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kuusysi	1978	Ykkönen	4	2	–		4	2
	1979	Ykkönen	22	1	–		22	1
	1980	Ykkönen	28	4	–		28	4
	1981	Ykkönen	9	3	–		9	3
	1982	Mestaruussarja	29	2	2 [a]	0	31	2
	1983	Mestaruussarja	28	0	2 [b]	0	30	0
	1984	Mestaruussarja	26	2	2 [a]	0	28	2
	1985	Mestaruussarja	23	0	6 [b]	0	29	0
	1986	Mestaruussarja	22	2	–		22	2
	Total		191	16	12	0	203	16
AIK	1987	Allsvenskan	12	0	1 [c]	0	13	0
	1988	Allsvenskan	19	2	–		19	2
	1989	Allsvenskan	17	2	–		17	2
	Total		48	4	1	0	49	4
Kuusysi	1990	Veikkausliiga	25	3	2 [b]	0	27	3
Kuusankosken Kumu	1991	Ykkönen			–
MYPA	1992	Veikkausliiga	29	2	–		29	2
	1993	Veikkausliiga	27	1	2 [a]	0	29	1
	Total		56	3	2	0	58	3
Kuusysi	1994	Veikkausliiga	25	1	–		25	1
	1995	Veikkausliiga	10	0	–		10	0
	Total		35	1	0	0	35	1
Lahti	1997	Ykkönen			–
	1998	Ykkönen			–
	1999	Veikkausliiga	3	0	–		3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			358	27	17	0	375	28

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
2. Appearances in European Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	1981	5	0
	1982	9	0
	1983	5	0
	1984	12	1
	1985	7	1
	1986	8	0
	1987	3	0
	1988	9	0
	1989	2	0
Total		60	2

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pekonen goal.

List of international goals scored by Esa Pekonen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 November 1984	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	2–0		Friendly
2.	26 February 1985	Unidad Deportiva Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico	Mexico	1–1	1–2	Friendly

Honours

Kuusysi

• Mestaruussarja (3): 1982, 1984, 1986
• Finnish Cup: 1983

MYPA

• Finnish Cup: 1992

Individual

• Finnish Football Journalists Player of the Year: 1986
• Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: May 2010

External links and references

• Esa Pekonen at National-Football-Teams.com
• Finland – International Player Records