Tomi Maanoja

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Tomi Maanoja
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Maanoja with HIFK in 2017
Personal information
Full name Tomi Antero Maanoja
Date of birth (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 HIFK (assistant)
Youth career
VJS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Allianssi 2 (0)
2006–2008 Honka 37 (0)
2008–2011 AIK 26 (0)
2011 Honka 23 (0)
2012 Sandefjord 1 (0)
2013 RoPS 25 (0)
2014–2015 KuPS 64 (0)
2016–2017 Lahti 12 (0)
2016–2017 → HIFK (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 HIFK 30 (0)
2020 IF Gnistan 13 (0)
2021 VJS 13 (0)
2022 PK-35 1 (0)
International career
Finland U21
2009 Finland 2 (0)
Managerial career
2022 PK-35 (gk coach)
2023 HIFK (gk coach)
2024 KäPa (assistant)
2025– HIFK (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Maanoja with Honka in 2011 Tomi Maanoja 2011.jpg
Maanoja with Honka in 2011

Tomi Antero Maanoja (born 12 September 1986) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional goalkeeper, currently serving as assistant coach of HIFK. [1] Maanoja has been capped twice for Finland.

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Career

Maanoja made his first appearance in the Veikkausliiga with AC Allianssi from Vantaa in 2005. He completed a move to the neighbouring city's (Espoo) most notable football club, FC Honka, the following season. Maanoja was regarded as one of the best Finnish young goalkeepers and attracted interest from several foreign clubs before his move to AIK on 29 July 2008. He signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club for a fee of €450,000. [2]

On 28 February 2009, Maanoja became seriously injured in a pre-season game against Assyriska Föreningen. He broke his leg in two places, rushing out to stop an Assyriska attack. The injury made him miss the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, hosted in Sweden, in the summer. [3] He also missed the whole 2009 Allsvenskan season, when AIK won the double. He moved back to Honka in 2011, and on 21 February 2012 he signed a contract with the Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball as a free agent. [4] Sandefjord's head coach Arne Sandstø let Maanoja play the match against Alta in May 2012 instead of Iven Austbø, [5] but Maanoja spent the rest of the season as the reserve goalkeeper. After one season in Norway, he moved back to Finland and signed for RoPS. [6]

During the season spent with Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS), he was selected the Veikkausliiga Player of the Month in July 2013 after showing impressive form and going through the whole month without conceding a goal.

In 2014, He moved to Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS), signing a two-year contract. During the 2014 season Maanoja made a new club record by keeping 13 clean sheets in the league while featuring in all of the competitive matches playing every minute during that season.

In 2020, he joined IF Gnistan. [7]

Coaching career

Maanoja has worked as a goalkeeping coach of PK-35 [8] and HIFK. [9] Since February 2024, he was the assistant coach of KäPa in Ykkösliiga until the end of July. [10] In January 2025, he was named an assistant coach of HIFK, focusing on the set-pieces. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AC Allianssi 2005 Veikkausliiga 2000–0020
Honka 2006 Veikkausliiga3000––30
2007 Veikkausliiga14010––150
2008 Veikkausliiga14000–2 [c] 0160
Total310100020340
AIK 2008 Allsvenskan 12000––120
2009 Allsvenskan0010––10
2010 Allsvenskan14010––150
Total260200000280
Honka 2011 Veikkausliiga24000204 [d] 0300
Sandefjord 2012 1. divisjon 1020––30
Sandefjord 2 2012 3. divisjon 120–––120
RoPS 2013 Veikkausliiga2502030–300
KuPS 2014 Veikkausliiga3303050–410
2015 Veikkausliiga3105030–390
Total640808000800
Lahti 2016 Veikkausliiga1204040–200
HIFK (loan) 2016 Veikkausliiga130–––130
HIFK 2017 Veikkausliiga17010––180
2018 Ykkönen 130–––130
Total300100000310
HIFK II2018 Kakkonen 10–––10
Gnistan 2020 Ykkönen13020––150
VJS 2021Kakkonen130–––130
PK-35 2022Ykkönen10–––10
Career total2680220170603130

International

As of match played 4 February 2009
Finland
YearAppsGoals
200910
Total10

Honours

AC Allianssi

AIK

Honka

RoPS

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Tomi Maanojasta piti tulla Suomen ykkösmaalivahti, mutta katkennut sääri suisti uran raiteiltaan – nyt hänen jalkapallotarinansa saa onnellisen lopun, Yle, 18 June 2021
  2. ↑ Hongan maalivahti Tomi Maanoja siirtyy AIK:hon, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 July 2008
  3. ↑ "Finland's Maanoja Suffers Double Leg Break". UEFA. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tomi Maanoja till Norge". Svenska YLE (in Swedish). YLE. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  5. ↑ Hasle, Anders Mehlum (30 May 2012). "Iven rasende etter å ha blitt vraket" (in Norwegian). Sandefjords Blad. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Maanoja RoPSin maalille". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Urheilutoimenjohtaja lähti HIFK:sta – ”Ei dramatiikkaa”‚ iltasanomat.fi, 3 January 2017
  8. ↑ Kim Raimi jatkaa PK-35:n päävalmentajana – valmennustiimiin liittyvät Aapi Helvelahti sekä Tomi Maanoja, pk-35.fi
  9. ↑ Tomi Maanoja HIFK:n valmennustiimiin, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 December 2022
  10. ↑ Tomi Maanoja mukaan KäPan valmennukseen, kapylanpalloedustus.fi, 10 February 2024
  11. ↑ Tomi Maanoja HIFK:n erikoistilannevalmentajaksi, hifkfotboll.fi, 5 January 2025
  12. ↑ Tomi Maanoja Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2013-08-03 at archive.today (in Finnish)
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