Jarno Parikka

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Jarno Parikka
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Personal information
Date of birth (1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1991–2000 Korson Palloseura
2000–2003 HJK Helsinki
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2011 HJK Helsinki 118 (22)
2012−2015 VPS 55 (13)
2016 HJK Helsinki 0 (0)
International career
Finland U-21 19 (2)
2009 Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2011

Jarno Parikka (born 21 July, 1986) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a striker. [1]

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Parikka was known as a striker who possessed a good footballing brain for bringing his teammates in the game, while having an undeniable eye for the goal. His preferred position in the pitch, is playing with another striker and lying in wait just behind him. He has been criticized for being somewhat of a lightweight for a striker.

Biography

Parikka was born and raised in Vantaa. He is a second generation footballer, as his father Jari also played for HJK Helsinki in the 1980s. He also played ice hockey for seven years before moving to HJK and choosing football. He has also played futsal.

Club career

Jarno Parikka got started with football at the age of five, when he joined Korson Palloseura in Vantaa. He joined HJK's youth squad in 2000. He had played as a midfielder for Korso, but was converted from a midfield role to striker in HJK. After three years on the youth team, Parikka made his first appearance for HJK's reserve team Klubi 04 in Kakkonen. His season was successful and in the following season, he was promoted to the first team. However, he broke his anterior crucial ligament in a pre-season match against FC Inter Turku, and the team lost the whole season in 2005.

Parikka made his first appearance for senior side at the age of nineteen, when coach Keith Armstrong let him play in the 1–2 away defeat against FC KooTeePee on 21 April, 2006. He succeeded in scoring his first goal on 28 June, 2006, in a 3–2 win against TPS.

In 2007, he made seven goals in the Finnish league cup, which is a shared record with Ari Hjelm and Aleksei Kangaskolkka. His final breakthrough came in the season 2008, when he scored 9 league goals. In the 2009 season, he is HJK's vice-captain and a regular in the starting eleven. His former Finland U-17 coach Jyrki Heliskoski has compared him to Raúl González, as he has many similarities with the Spaniard.

On 21 January, 2009, Parikka signed a new three-year deal with HJK. [2] On 23 November, 2011, after his contract with HJK expired, it was announced that Parikka had signed a 2+1 year-contract with Vaasan Palloseura. [3] He scored his first goal for VPS on 22 April, 2012, in a 2−1 home win over newly promoted FC Lahti.

On 16 December, 2015, HJK announced the return of Parikka to the club on a one-year contract. [4] Less than two months later, on 12 February, 2016, Parikka announced his retirement from football after a series of knee injuries. [1]

International career

Parikka has played for his country in different national junior teams, most recently the Finland national under-21 football team. In the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship he played on the Finnish U-17 team and scored the equalising goal in Finland's 2–1 win against China in the opening fixture.

He was also a part of the Finnish under-21 team, that qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final tournament in 2009.

On 4 February, 2009, Parikka made his debut in the Finnish national team in a friendly match against Japan.

Family

Parikka's father Jari is also a footballer who played for also played for HJK. His younger brother Mikko Parikka is a regular cast member of the popular prime time soap opera, Salatut elämät.

Career statistics

As of match played 10 August 2014 [5] [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK Helsinki 2005 Veikkausliiga 000041--41
2006 141542010-225
2007 243428740-4012
2008 2297570--3614
2009 24320-00
2010 1534360-00
2011 193217521-3010
Total11822151--00
VPS 2012 Veikkausliiga 2682172--3511
2013 1841063--257
2014 111101021-152
2015 000000--00
Total55134114521--7520
Career total17335172--

International

Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200910
Total10

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 February 2009 [5]

Honours

Club

HJK

Individual

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