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{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name                 = Jussi Nuorela
 | fullname             = Jussi Johan Nuorela
 | image                =
 | birth_date           = {{Birth date and age|1974|08|11|df=y}}
 | birth_place          = [[Valkeakoski]], [[Finland]]
 | height               = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}
 | currentclub          = [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]] (manager)
 | clubnumber           =
 | position             = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
 | youthyears1          = {{0|0000}}–1991
 | youthclubs1          = [[FC Haka|Haka]]
 | years1   = 1991–1996 | clubs1   = [[FC Haka|Haka]] | caps1   = 93 | goals1   = 8
 | years2   = 1993–1995 | clubs2   = [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] | caps2   = 0 | goals2   = 0
 | years3   = 1993–1995 | clubs3   = [[EVV Eindhoven]] | caps3   = 7 | goals3   = 0
 | years4   = 1994–1995 | clubs4   = [[FC Groningen|Groningen]] | caps4   = 8 | goals4   = 0
 | years5   = 1993–1995 | clubs5   = [[FC Twente|Twente]] | caps5   = 9 | goals5   = 1
 | years6   = 1996–1999 | clubs6   = [[PEC Zwolle]] | caps6   = 23 | goals6   = 1
 | years7   = 1999–2000 | clubs7   = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] | caps7   = 26 | goals7  = 0
 | years8   = 2000–2001 | clubs8   = [[MYPA]] | caps8   = 45 | goals8   = 7
 | years9   = 2002–2003 | clubs9   = [[Malmö FF|Malmö]] | caps9   = 22 | goals9   = 0
 | years10   = 2002      | clubs10   = → [[Silkeborg IF|Silkeborg]] (loan) | caps10   = 5 | goals10   = 0
 | years11   = 2003–2004 | clubs11   = [[Elazığspor]] | caps11   = 12 | goals11   = 0
 | years12  = 2004–2005 | clubs12  = [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]] | caps12  = 26 | goals12  = 1
 | years13  = 2005–2007 | clubs13  = [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]] | caps13  = 44 | goals13  = 3
 | years14  = 2008–2009 | clubs14  = [[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]] | caps14  = 7 | goals14  = 0
 | nationalyears1   = 1994–2003 | nationalteam1   = [[Finland national football team|Finland]] | nationalcaps1   = 20 | nationalgoals1   = 1
 | manageryears1 = 2012 | managerclubs1 = [[FC Espoo|Espoo]]
 | manageryears3 = 2013      | managerclubs3 = [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]] (assistant)
 | manageryears4 = 2021      | managerclubs4 = [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]] (assistant)
 | manageryears5 = 2021–     | managerclubs5 = [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]
 | pcupdate             = 
 | ntupdate             = 
}}

'''Jussi Nuorela''' (born 11 August 1974) is a [[Finns|Finnish]] professional [[association football|football]] coach and a former player. He is the manager of [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]] in the [[Veikkausliiga]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Veikkausliiga.com |title=NUORELA Jussi |url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13000787 |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118170915/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13000787 |archivedate=18 November 2007 }}</ref>

==Club career==
Nuorela began his professional career with [[FC Haka|Haka]] in the Veikkausliiga. Besides his native Finland, Nuorela played in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Turkey,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Turkish Football Federation]]|title=JUSSI JOHAN NUORELA|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=30079|accessdate=2008-11-07}}</ref> and Switzerland. He retired from professional playing career after the 2009 season and started as a youth coach at [[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]].

==International career==
Nuorela has made 20 appearances for the [[Finland national football team]], debuting coming in a friendly match against [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] on 25 January 1994.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|title=International Matches 1994 - Intercontinental, January–April|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1994ic1.html|accessdate=2008-11-07}}</ref> He scored one goal, in a friendly match against [[Oman national football team|Oman]] on 18 February 2001.

==Coaching career==
Nuorela started coaching as a U19 coach for [[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]], additionally coaching the club's reserve team [[FC Sinimustat|Sinimustat]]. In 2011–12 he served as the head coach of [[FC Espoo]], and in 2013 as an assistant coach of [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]]. During 2014–2020, he worked as a youth coach of TPS and Inter Turku.

On 18 June 2021, Nuorela was promoted to the position of the head coach of [[Vaasan Palloseura]] (VPS) in the Finnish second-tier [[Ykkönen]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]|url=https://vepsu.fi/2020-testi/jussi-nuorela-vaasan-palloseuran-paeaevalmentajaksi|title=Jussi Nuorela Vaasan Palloseuran päävalmentajaksi|date=18 June 2021|access-date=18 January 2022|language=fi|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118165839/https://vepsu.fi/2020-testi/jussi-nuorela-vaasan-palloseuran-paeaevalmentajaksi|url-status=dead}}</ref> He led the club to the promotion to the top-level [[Veikkausliiga]] at the end of the 2021 season.

In the [[2023 Veikkausliiga]] season, Nuorela led VPS to the record-tying streak of 12 victories,<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009890698.html VPS:n jättimäinen voittoputki katkesi viimein], [[Helsingin Sanomat]], 29 September 2023</ref> and managed the club to finish 3rd in the league and thus qualifying for the [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League]] qualifiers. He was named the Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month in three consecutive times in July, August and September 2023, and ultimately he was named the [[Finnish Football Manager of the Year]] and Veikkausliiga Manager of the Year.

==Personal life==
His son [[Josep Nuorela]] is a footballer playing for VPS, and his younger son Luka plays for VPS U19 youth team.<ref>[https://ilkkapohjalainen.fi/urheilu/vaasassa-kiertaa-ilkeita-huhuja-vps-n-nuoreloista-henkilokohtaiset-suhteet-eivat-paase-vaikuttamaan-1.14795296 Vaasassa kiertää ilkeitä huhuja VPS:n Nuoreloista – ”Henkilökohtaiset suhteet eivät pääse vaikuttamaan”], ilkkapohjalainen.fi, 9 June 2021</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|31 December 2020}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=2383}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes [[Suomen Cup]], [[KNVB Beker]], [[DFB-Pokal]] and [[Liechtenstein Football Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FC Haka|Haka]]
|[[1991 Veikkausliiga|1991]]
|[[Veikkausliiga]]
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|[[1992 Veikkausliiga|1992]]
|Veikkausliiga
|32||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||3
|-
|[[1993 Veikkausliiga|1993]]
|Veikkausliiga
|10||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||2
|-
|[[1994 Veikkausliiga|1994]]
|Veikkausliiga
|17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!61!!5!!!!!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!61!!5
|-
|[[EVV Eindhoven]] (loan)
|[[1993–94 Eerste Divisie|1993–94]]
|[[Eerste Divisie]]
|7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[FC Groningen|Groningen]]
|[[1994–95 Eredivisie|1994–95]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
|8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|Haka
|[[1995 Veikkausliiga|1995]]
|Veikkausliiga
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[1996 Veikkausliiga|1996]]
|Veikkausliiga
|25||3||0||0||3{{efn|Includes [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]|name=uc}}||0||colspan="2"|—||25||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!32!!3!!0!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!35!!3
|-
|[[FC Twente|Twente]]
|[[1996–97 Eerste Divisie|1996–97]]
|[[Eerste Divisie]]
|9||1||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[PEC Zwolle]]
|[[1997–98 Eredivisie|1997–98]]
|Eredivisie
|23||1||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||1
|-
|[[1998–99 Eerste Divisie|1998–99]]
|Eerste Divisie
|11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||17||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0!!40!!2
|-
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
|[[1999–2000 Regionalliga#West/Südwest|1999–2000]]
|[[Regionalliga West/Südwest|Regionalliga West-Südwest]]
|26||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[MyPa]]
|[[2000 Veikkausliiga|2000]]
|Veikkausliiga
|14||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||3
|-
|[[2001 Veikkausliiga|2001]]
|Veikkausliiga
|31||4||0||0||2{{efn|name=uc}}||0||colspan="2"|—||33||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!45!!7!!0!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!47!!7
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Malmö FF]]
|[[2002 Allsvenskan|2002]]
|[[Allsvenskan]]
|15||0||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[2003 Allsvenskan|2003]]
|Allsvenskan
|7||0||||||1{{efn|name=uc}}||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!22!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!23!!0
|-
|[[Silkeborg IF|Silkeborg]] (loan)
|[[2002–03 Danish Superliga|2002–03]]
|[[Danish Superliga]]
|5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
|[[Elazığspor]]
|[[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]
|[[Süper Lig]]
|11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|[[FC Vaduz]]
|[[2004–05 Swiss Challenge League|2004–05]]
|[[Swiss Challenge League]]
|26||1||4||2||colspan="2"|—||1||0||31||3
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Turun Palloseura|TPS]]
|[[2005 Veikkausliiga|2005]]
|Veikkausliiga
|6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[2006 Veikkausliiga|2006]]
|Veikkausliiga
|24||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||2
|-
|[[2007 Veikkausliiga|2007]]
|Veikkausliiga
|14||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!44!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!44!!3
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]]
|[[2008 Veikkausliiga|2008]]
|Veikkausliiga
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[2009 Veikkausliiga|2009]]
|Veikkausliiga
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!8!!0
|-
|[[Porin Palloilijat|PoPa]]
|[[2009 Ykkönen|2009]]
|[[Ykkönen]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!344!!20!!8!!2!!6!!0!!7!!0!!365!!22
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{updated|match played 22 May 2003}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! colspan=4|[[Finland national football team|Finland]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1994||3||0
|-
|1995||2||0
|-
|1996||0||0
|-
|1997||5||0
|-
|1998||0||0
|-
|1999||0||0
|-
|2000||0||0
|-
|2001||5||1
|-
|2002||3||0
|-
|2003||2||0
|-
!colspan=1|Total||20||1
|}

===International goals===
:''As of match played 18 February 2001. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nuorela goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jussi Nuorela
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
|align=center|1||18 February 2001||[[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat]], Oman||{{fb|OMA}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|2–1||[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

===Managerial===
{{updated|12 May 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!W%
|-
|align=left|[[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]
||{{flagicon|Finland}}
|align=left|18 June 2021
|align=left|present
{{WDL|146|72|22|52|decimals=2}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|146|72|22|52|decimals=2}}
|}

==Managerial achievements==
'''VPS'''
*[[Veikkausliiga]]: [[2023 Veikkausliiga|2023]] 3rd place
*[[Ykkönen]]: 2021

===Individual===
*[[Finnish Football Manager of the Year]]: 2023
*Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023<ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/veikkausliiga/a/e09333d9-60df-44d0-8ca8-ac3e5c48864d Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue], [[Iltalehti]], 21 October 2023</ref>
*Veikkausliiga Manager of the Year: 2023<ref>[https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2023/12/01/vpsn-peter-michael-vuoden-liigapelaaja VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja], [[Veikkausliiga]], 1 December 2023</ref>
*Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: July 2023, August 2023,<ref>[https://vepsu.fi/uutinen1/jussi-nuorela-valittu-veikkausliigan-lokakuun-valmentajaksi-kuukauden-joukkueessa-kolme-vps-n-pelaajaa Jussi Nuorela valittu Veikkausliigan lokakuun valmentajaksi]</ref> October 2023<ref>[https://www.sportti.com/uutinen.asp?CAT=3-1&ID=500162 Tässä on Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|pid=2383}}

{{Veikkausliiga managers}}
{{Vaasan Palloseura squad}}
{{Vaasan Palloseura managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuorela, Jussi}}
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