Timo Tapio Marjamaa (born 27 June 1976) is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Marjamaa is currently the chief executive officer of Finnish top-tier league

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 ...

, having started in the position in November 2010.

Club career

Marjamaa was born in

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

and played in a youth sector of local club

FC Kuusysi FC Kuusysi (; Finnish for ''FC sixty-nine'') is a football club in Lahti, Finland. Its men's team is currently playing in the fourth tier of Finnish football (''Kolmonen''), and its women's team is playing in Kakkonen. The homeground of FC Kuusy ...

, before making his senior debut with the club's first team in

in the 1995 season. During his career, he represented

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FC Jokerit FC Jokerit was a Finnish professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. History It was founded in 1999. The club was known for its wild supporters, 116% Boys, and for its owner, Hjallis Harkimo who was also the owner of Jokerit, an ice ...

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and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

in Finland in Veikkausliiga, and briefly played in Turkish

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with

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in 2002. Marjamaa ended his professional playing career after the 2007 season due to consecutive knee injuries. He played a total of 199 Veikkausliiga matches, scoring 13 goals and winning the

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championship with HJK in

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International career

A former youth international, Marjamaa was capped six times for

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in friendly matches during 2000–2001, scoring one goal against Sweden.

Later career

After retiring as a player, Marjamaa graduated

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in the University of Helsinki School of Economics in November 2007. In his master's thesis, he studied the image of Finnish football. He also worked in a bank sector, before he was appointed the chief executive officer of the top-tier Finnish football league Veikkausliiga in November 2010.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''As of match played 1 February 2001. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Marjamaa goal.''

Honours

HJK *

Marjamaa sai hyvityksen

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, 6 November 2006 *

runner-up:

AC Allianssi *Veikkausliiga runner-up:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Finnish League Cup The Finnish League Cup (in Finnish: ''Liigacup''), is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is most ...

: 2005AC Allianssi voitti liigacupin
mtvuutiset.fi,

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, 23 April 2005 Jokerit *Veikkausliiga runner-up:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marjamaa, Timo Living people 1976 births Footballers from Lahti Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Süper Lig players FC Kuusysi players FC Lahti players FC Jokerit players Yozgatspor footballers AC Allianssi players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Finland men's international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finland men's youth international footballers Finnish businesspeople Finnish sports executives and administrators