Aleksandr Kokko
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987) is a Russian-born Finnish former footballer who plays as a striker.
Early life
Kokko was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. He is of Ingrian Finnish descent and emigrated with his family to Pori, Finland at the age of ten.[1]
Club career
Kokko started playing football in FC Jazz youth sector.
In 2004, he made his first appearance in the Finnish top flight Veikkausliiga at the age of 17 with Jazz first team. He joined fellow Veikkausliiga club FC Honka before the 2007 season and made six appearances for the club during his first season. On 5 May 2008, he scored a hat-trick when FC Honka beat FC Haka in a league match by the scoreline of 7–0. Those were his first goals in the Finnish Premier Division. Kokko was the top goalscorer in the 2008 season of Veikkausliiga with 13 goals. In August 2010, Kokko was loaned to FC PoPa. He joined VPS for the 2011 season, before joining RoPS in 2012.
On 6 August 2016, Kokko signed a two-year deal with Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets[2]
On 10 July 2017, he decided to join Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.[3]
On 21 June 2018, Kokko returned to RoPS, signing until the end of the 2019 season.[4]
Kokko announcement his retirement from playing career after the 2020 season.
International career
Kokko made his debut for the Finland U21 on 20 August 2008 in a match against Sweden.[5] In February 2016 he debuted for the Finland national team against Sweden.[6]
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | National cupTemplate:Efn | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jazz | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| PoPa | 2004 | Kolmonen | — | — | ||||||||
| 2005 | Kakkonen | — | — | |||||||||
| 2006 | Kakkonen | — | — | |||||||||
| Total | 13 | 5 | — | — | 13 | 5 | ||||||
| Hämeenlinna | 2006 | Ykkönen | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 12 | ||
| Honka | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 0 | 32 | 13 | |
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 6 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 55 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 73 | 23 | ||
| PoPa (loan) | 2010 | Ykkönen | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 5 | ||
| VPS | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |
| RoPS | 2012 | Ykkönen | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 15 | ||
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5Template:Efn | 1 | — | 28 | 11 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 25 | 10 | |
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | — | 33 | 19 | ||
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 4Template:Efn | 0 | 23 | 13 | |
| Total | 104 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 131 | 68 | ||
| Newcastle Jets | 2016–17 | A-League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Eastern | 2017–18 | Hong Kong Premier League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4Template:Efn | 1 | — | 10 | 4 | |
| RoPS | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 258 | 105 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 313 | 124 | ||
Honours
Club
FC Honka
VPS
- Veikkausliiga
- Runners-up: 2015
RoPS
- Veikkausliiga
- Runners-up: 2018
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Young Player of the Year: 2008[7]
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: June 2015,[8] October 2015[9]
- Veikkausliiga Forward of the Year: May 2008,[10] 2015[11]
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Year: 2015[12]
- Veikkausliiga Top goalscorer: 2008,[13] 2015[14]
- Ykkönen Top goalscorer: 2012
References
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External links
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- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Jazz players
- FC Hämeenlinna players
- FC Honka players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Men's association football forwards
- Russian-speaking Finns
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People of Ingrian Finnish descent
- Finland men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Eastern Sports Club footballers
- Porin Palloilijat players
- Ykkönen players
- A-League Men players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen