Petri Jakonen

Petri Jakonen (born 9 June 1967) is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He was capped 26 times for Finland national football team during 1990–1996. Jakonen is currently working as the chief executive officer of Eerikkilä Sports Centre owned by the Finnish FA.

Club career Jakonen started his football career in Salo with Vilpas and SalPa. winning the Finnish championship title with HJK in 1990. While playing with MyPa, Jakonen was named the Veikkausliiga Best Goalkeeper in 1994, and won the Finnish Cup title in 1995. He also played briefly for Helsingborgs IF in Swedish second-tier.

After his playing career, Jakonen worked as a sporting director of Salon Palloilijat (SalPa). On 8 October 2001, he was named the sporting director of Turun Palloseura (TPS). He was the CEO of TPS until 12 May 2009, when he started to work for Finnish FA as the director of top-level football. Since 2013, Jakonen is the chief executive officer of (Eerikkilä Sports Centre). Since 2014, Jakonen has been a member of the boardroom of , and on 29 January 2021, he was named the chairman.

Personal life His sons Oskari Jakonen and Olli Jakonen are also professional football players for SalPa.

Career statistics Club

International

Honours HJK Veikkausliiga: 1990

MyPa Finnish Cup: 1995

Individual Veikkausliiga: Best Goalkeeper 1994