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{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jari Ilola
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|24}}
| birth_place = [[Oulu]], Finland
| height = 1.86 m
| currentclub = [[Rovaniemen Palloseura|RoPS]] (sporting director)
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1995–1997
| clubs1 = [[RoPS Rovaniemi|RoPS]]
| caps1 = 47
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1998–2002
| clubs2 = [[HJK Helsinki|HJK]]
| caps2 = 90
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2003–2010
| clubs3 = [[IF Elfsborg|Elfsborg]]
| caps3 = 85
| goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 222
| totalgoals = 16
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2013–
| managerclubs1 = [[Rovaniemen Palloseura|RoPS]] (sporting director)<ref>[https://fi.linkedin.com/in/jariilola Jari Ilola], linkedin.com</ref>
}}

'''Jari Ilola''' (born 24 November 1978) is a Finnish former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played for Finnish clubs [[Rovaniemen Palloseura]] (RoPS), [[HJK Helsinki]], as well as for Swedish club [[IF Elfsborg]]. Ilola was part of the HJK squad that qualified for the [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League]] group stage as the first and the only Finnish club ever to this date.

At international level, he made 30 appearances scoring one goal for the [[Finland national football team|Finland national team]].<ref>[https://www.lapinkansa.fi/turkkilainen-sauna-nuori-jari-ilola-oli-tekemassa/73083 Turkkilainen sauna - nuori Jari Ilola oli tekemässä Istanbulin ihmettä 1998], [[Lapin Kansa]], 21 March 2017</ref>

He is currently the sporting director of his former club RoPS in [[Ykkönen]].<ref>[https://pallotv.fi/2024/03/17/uskottavuuden-kannalta-oli-tarkeaa-paasta-valtakunnalliseen-sarjaan-urheilutoimenjohtaja-jari-ilola-rops/ "Uskottavuuden kannalta oli tärkeää päästä valtakunnalliseen sarjaan", utj Jari Ilola, RoPS], pallotv.fi, 17 March 2024</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/a/3-12105414 Taloutensa kanssa kamppaileva RoPS on lähellä liiganousua - joukkue lähtee kauden viimeiseen runkosarjan otteluun jalkapallon Ykkösen johdossa], [[Yle]], 17 September 2021</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/a/3-5358335 Jari Ilola jätti jalkapallon ja muutti Rovaniemelle], [[Yle]], 12 May 2011</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>[https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/person/389868/player/seasons Jari Ilola], [[Football Association of Finland]]</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[RoPS]]
|[[1995 Veikkausliiga|1995]]
|[[Veikkausliiga]]
|2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1996 Veikkausliiga|1996]]
|Veikkausliiga
|23||4||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||4
|-
|[[1997 Veikkausliiga|1997]]
|Veikkausliiga
|22||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!5!!–!!–!!–!!–!!47!!5
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[HJK Helsinki]]
|[[1998 Veikkausliiga|1998]]
|Veikkausliiga
|22||2||0||0||8{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Champions League]]|name=ucl}}||1||30||3
|-
|[[1999 Veikkausliiga|1999]]
|Veikkausliiga
|27||2||0||0||3{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||1||30||3
|-
|[[2000 Veikkausliiga|2000]]
|Veikkausliiga
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[2001 Veikkausliiga|2001]]
|Veikkausliiga
|24||4||0||0||4{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||0||28||4
|-
|[[2002 Veikkausliiga|2002]]
|Veikkausliiga
|16||3||0||0||2{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||0||18||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!90!!11!!–!!–!!17!!2!!107!!13
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[IF Elfsborg|Elfsborg]]
|[[2003 Allsvenskan|2003]]
|[[Allsvenskan]]
|12||0||||||||||12||0
|-
|[[2004 Allsvenskan|2004]]
|Allsvenskan
|18||0||||||3{{efn|name=uc}}||0||21||0
|-
|[[2005 Allsvenskan|2005]]
|Allsvenskan
|15||0||||||||||15||0
|-
|[[2006 Allsvenskan|2006]]
|Allsvenskan
|20||0||||||||||20||0
|-
||[[2007 Allsvenskan|2007]]
|Allsvenskan
|19||0||1||0||6{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[UEFA Cup]]|name=uccl}}||0||26||0
|-
||[[2008 Allsvenskan|2008]]
|Allsvenskan
|1||0||||||1{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]|name=ui}}||0||2||0
|-
|[[2009 Allsvenskan|2009]]
|Allsvenskan
|0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
|[[2010 Allsvenskan|2010]]
|Allsvenskan
|0||0||||||||||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!85!!0!!1!!0!!10!!0!!96!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!222!!16!!1!!0!!27!!2!!250!!18
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Finland national football team|Finland]]
|1998||2||0
|-
|1999||5||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||3||1
|-
|2003||4||0
|-
|2004||3||0
|-
|2005||3||0
|-
|2006||7||0
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!30!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ilola goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jari Ilola
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1||7 January 2002||[[Bahrain National Stadium]], [[Riffa]], Bahrain||{{fb|ALB}}||style="text-align:center"|1–0||style="text-align:center"|1–1||[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{NFT|2407}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilola, Jari}}
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Oulu]]
[[Category:Finnish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Finland men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Veikkausliiga players]]
[[Category:Allsvenskan players]]
[[Category:Rovaniemen Palloseura players]]
[[Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players]]
[[Category:IF Elfsborg players]]
[[Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden]]
[[Category:Finnish sporting directors]]