Jere Koponen

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Jere Koponen
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
SalPa
Youth career
TPS
Inter Turku
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Inter Turku 14 (0)
2011TuTo (loan) 11 (0)
2012KTP (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2017 SJK 3 (0)
2017–2018 Inter Turku 24 (0)
2019 Palanga 4 (0)
2019–2023 TPS 96 (0)
2024– SalPa 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023

Jere Koponen (born 23 May 1992) is a Finnish football goalkeeper for Salon Palloilijat (SalPa).

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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]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Maalivahti Jere Koponen siirtyy SJK paitaan - SJK Seinäjoki" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 17 December 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