Niklas Vidjeskog (born 24 February 1969) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who played as a

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. He is currently the manager of

FF Jaro FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in ''Ykkönen''. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan. Current squad ''Updated 7 March, 2022.'' Managem ...

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English:''"League One"''; sv, "Liga Ettan") is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

. He has completed the UEFA A coaching license.

Playing career

As a player, Vidjeskog has made 149 total appearances in Veikkausliiga for Jaro and

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. He has also played for Swedish club

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional football club located in Östersund, Sweden and since 2022 play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan. The ...

Personal life

His three oldest sons are all professional footballers:

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and Axel are playing in Finland, for Jaro and

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

respectively, and Isak plays in Sweden for Varbergs BoIS. His fourth and the youngest son Ivar plays for the youth sector of Jaro. Vidjeskog has also worked as an

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teacher.Tässä on FF Jaron uusi päävalmentaja – Tuttu nimi aiemmilta vuosilta
Pietarsaaren Sanomat, 4 November 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidjeskog, Niklas 1969 births Living people Finnish football managers Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers FF Jaro players Kokkolan Palloveikot players Östersunds FK players Men's association football midfielders Veikkausliiga players Association football coaches Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Kakkonen players Kolmonen players Swedish-speaking Finns Vidjeskog family FF Jaro managers