Jarkko Tuomisto (born 30 August 1975) is a Finnish

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coach, currently working as a

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club

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. Tuomisto received his UEFA A Goalkeeping coaching license in 2017.

Early career

Tuomisto lived in

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in the 1990s and played as a goalkeeper at an amateur level with local clubs in lower divisions. He went on to make one appearance with

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

in the second-tier

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, before focusing on coaching. Before starting coaching in senior teams, Tuomisto worked as a goalkeeping coach for the youth teams of

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(TuTo). Later, he moved to

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to study youth leading in Kanneljärven Opisto

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. He also worked in Tanoke-coaching company of Pertti Kemppinen in the

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.Jarkko Tuomisto valmentaa eurooppalaisen jalkapallon huipulla, mutta harva tietää hänen tarinaansa – ”Ulkomailla osaaminen ja työnteko ovat minimivaatimuksia”
apu.fi, 15 June 2024 He was the goalkeeping coach of

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first team during 2007–2010 in the third-tier

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. In 2010, he joined the coaching staff of

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club Honka. The team won the

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Coaching career

Since 2007, Tuomisto had traveled to Italy every year at his own expense to get familiar with different clubs and organisations at various levels, including

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Arzaghena

In 2014, Tuomisto was named a goalkeeping coach for Arzaghena in Italian

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and worked for the club for five months.

Qatar and Aspire Academy

From 2015 to 2018, Tuomisto worked for

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in Qatar along with fellow Finnish coach Jyri Nieminen, and for the Qatar under-19 national team. In Aspire, Tuomisto worked also with

Francesco Farioli Francesco Farioli (; born 10 April 1989) is an Italian professional football coach who last managed the Dutch football club Ajax. Farioli started his coaching career in Turkey with spells at Fatih Karagümrük and Alanyaspor. He then had one se ...

for the first time.

Independiente del Valle

Between January 2018 and June 2020, he was the goalkeeping coach for

Independiente del Valle Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí Ecuador that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Founded in 1958, the club plays ...

in the

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. He also worked at developing the goalkeeping coaching of the club's youth academy.

Viitorul Constanta

After leaving Ecuador, he was appointed the goalkeeping coach of

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in Romanian

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in 2020.

Francesco Farioli coaching staff

Since the early 2021, Tuomisto has been working in the coaching team of manager

, starting in Turkish

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clubs

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and

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

, before being named the goalkeeping coach of French

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side

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club

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.Huippusiirto: Suomalainen Jarkko Tuomisto hollantilaisjätti Ajaxin maalivahtivalmentajaksi
apu.fi, 27 July 2024

Personal life

Tuomisto speaks Finnish, English, Italian and Spanish.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toumisto, Jarkko 1975 births Living people Association football goalkeeping coaches Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Finnish expatriate sportspeople in France Finnish football coaches Expatriates in Qatar Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands FC Inter Turku players Ykkönen players OGC Nice non-playing staff AFC Ajax non-playing staff FC Porto non-playing staff Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar