Kari Martonen (born 13 March 1963) is a Finnish

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manager and former player. As a player, he played in total of 248 matches and scored 22 goals for HJK and

FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. ...

. After retiring as a player, he started working as a youth coach at his former club Haka and soon became the assistant manager under

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. In 2006, he became the assistant manager under

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FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

. In November 2009 as Ville Priha was sacked from JJK, Martonen took over as a head coach, signing a three-year contract with JJK. He was named the chief executive office of

SJK Seinäjoki SJK may refer to: * Kemi Sámi (ISO 639-3 code) * São José dos Campos Regional Airport (IATA airport code) in Brazil * Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, association football club from Seinäjoki, Finland * San Juan Knights, a professional basketball t ...

on 14 December 2013.

Honours

As player

Mestaruussarja Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990. In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that (1908-1929) ...

: 1985, 1987, 1988 *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

: 1995 *

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League ...

: 1982

As coach

: 2004 *

: 2002 Individual *

Coach of the Month: April 2010,

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,Alexander Ringistä syyskuun pelaaja

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martonen, Kari 1963 births Sportspeople from Valkeakoski Footballers from Pirkanmaa Living people Finnish men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Haka players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Veikkausliiga players Finnish football managers Finnish football coaches 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening players FC Kontu players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho non-playing staff