Marko Rajamäki (born 3 October 1968) is a Swedish-born Finnish former

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. He managed

Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional association football, football club based in Turku, Finland. Since 2024, the men's team competes in Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier. Nicknamed "''Tepsi''", the club was founded i ...

(TPS) between 2010 and 2014. Previously he managed the club's under-18 team (since 2002) and was also the assistant manager of the senior team in 2009. Rajamäki is himself a former Finnish international footballer. He played for several years in the Finnish league and is the league's 23rd all-time top-scorer with 98 goals. In his time in the Scottish league, Rajamäki played for

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(94 league games) in the 1990s. He also played for

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

(eight league games) and Livingston (five league games). Rajamäki made his debut for Morton, on 22 October 1994 along with fellow Finn Janne Lindberg, at

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in a 2–1 defeat against

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. He was appointed manager of

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in September 2022 for the rest of the year, after previous manager Jonatan Johansson was sacked. Rajamäki is currently a commentator for

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in Ruutu+ broadcasts. He is also coaching youth teams of TPS.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

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 ...

1991 (Turun Palloseura) *Under-18 Championship 2008 (Turun Palloseura, as a manager) * Scottish Second Division Championship 1995 * Finnish Cup: 2010 (as manager) Individual *

Coach of the Month: August 2010, July 2012Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja

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* 1968 births Living people Footballers from Gothenburg Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Turun Palloseura footballers Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Greenock Morton F.C. players FSV Zwickau players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Scottish Football League players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Finnish football managers Turun Palloseura managers Salon Palloilijat players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Veikkausliiga managers Finnish association football commentators Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2. Bundesliga players Mestaruussarja players Ykkönen players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Louletano D.C. players G.D. Estoril Praia players Segunda Divisão players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Turun Palloseura non-playing staff Kuopion Palloseura managers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-footy-forward-stub