Jere Koponen

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Jere Koponen
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Peimari United
Youth career
TPS
Inter Turku
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Inter Turku 14 (0)
2011TuTo (loan) 11 (0)
2012KTP (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2016 SJK 3 (0)
2017–2018 Inter Turku 24 (0)
2019 Palanga 4 (0)
2019–2023 TPS 102 (0)
2024 SalPa 16 (0)
2024 EIF 1 (0)
2025– Peimari United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2024

Jere Koponen (born 23 May 1992) is a Finnish football goalkeeper for Peimari United in Kolmonen.

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Club career

Koponen started his career at FC Inter Turku and won the Finnish U19 championship with his club in 2011. [1] In April 2012, he joined KTP on loan until August, [2] but he returned to FC Inter already in June after having made 9 appearances for KTP. In December 2012, he extended his contract with FC Inter until end of 2014. [3] For the 2015 season he joined SJK on a one-year contract [1] and won the Finnish championship as second goalkeeper behind Mihkel Aksalu with one appearance during the season. [4]

Koponen left Inter Turku for the second time, at the end of the 2018 season. [5]

From spring 2019 he is a member of lithuanian FK Palanga. [6] In summer 2019 he left FK Palanga. In August 2019, he then returned to his former club, TPS. [7]

Career statistics

As of 28 August 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Turku 2010 Veikkausliiga 000000
2011 Veikkausliiga000000
2012 Veikkausliiga0000000000
2013 Veikkausliiga8010000090
2014 Veikkausliiga701030110
Total150203000200
TuTo (loan) 2011 Kakkonen 11000110
KTP (loan) 2012 Kakkonen900090
SJK 2015 Veikkausliiga10002030
2016 Veikkausliiga2030200070
Total30304000100
SJK Akatemia 2015 Kakkonen9090
2016 Kolmonen 1010
Total100000000100
Inter Turku 2017 Veikkausliiga800080
2018 Veikkausliiga16030190
Total240300000270
Palanga 2019 A Lyga 400040
TPS 2019 Ykkönen 6060
2020 Veikkausliiga24070310
2021Ykkönen27000270
2022Ykkönen1902020230
2023 Ykkönen2600020280
Total1020904000150
SalPa 2024 Ykkösliiga 1600010170
Ekenäs IF 2024 Veikkausliiga1010
Peimari United 2025Kolmonen000000
Career total1950170120002240
  1. Includes Suomen Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup

Honours

SJK

TPS

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Maalivahti Jere Koponen siirtyy SJK paitaan - SJK Seinäjoki" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "KTP lainasi Inter-lupauksen" (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Koponen jatkosopimukseen Interin kanssa" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. "Veikkausliigan kultamitalisti SJK mestari mestarilta" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. Veikkausliigan siirrot talvella 2018-2019, veikkausliiga.com, 23 December 2018
  6. Profile at A Lyga Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine , alyga.lt
  7. MAALIVAHTI JERE KOPONEN VAHVISTAA TPS:ÄÄ LOPPUKAUDEN, fc.tps.fi, 11 August 2019
  8. SalPa teki merkittävimmän pelaajahankintansa pitkään aikaan – Ykkösen jo useampaan kertaan läpi pelannut maalivahti siirtyy liigan sijaan Saloon, Salon Seudun Sanomat, 4 March 2024