Jussi Nuorela
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jussi Johan Nuorela | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Valkeakoski, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VPS (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1991 | Haka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Haka | 93 | (8) |
| 1993–1995 | PSV | 0 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Groningen | 8 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | PEC Zwolle | 49 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | MyPa | 45 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | Malmö FF | 22 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Silkeborg (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Elazığspor | 11 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Vaduz | 26 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | TPS | 44 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Inter Turku | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1994–2003 | Finland | 20 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Inter Turku (U19) | ||
| 2012 | Espoo | ||
| 2021 | VPS (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | VPS | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jussi Nuorela (born 11 August 1974) is a Finnish professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of VPS in the Veikkausliiga.[1]
Club career
[edit]Nuorela began his professional career with FC Haka in the Veikkausliiga. He spent one season in the Turkish Super Lig with Elazığspor.[2] After the 2009 season he retired from professional football and started as a youth coach at FC Inter Turku.
International career
[edit]Nuorela has made 20 appearances for the full Finland national football team, his debut coming in a friendly match against Qatar on 25 January 1994.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Nuorela has worked as a U19 coach for Inter Turku and the head coach of FC Espoo.
On 18 June 2021, Nuorela was promoted to the position of the head coach of Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) in the Finnish second-tier Ykkönen.[4] 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,[5] 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 Manager of the Year.
Personal life
[edit]His son Josep Nuorela is a professional footballer playing for VPS, and his younger son Luka plays for VPS U19 youth team.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 31 December 2020
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Haka | 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 5 | — | — | 61 | 5 | ||||||
| Groningen | 1994–95 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Haka | 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| PEC Zwolle | 1996–97 | Eerste Divisie | — | — | ||||||||
| 1997–98 | Eerste Divisie | — | — | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1999–2000 | Regionalliga West-Südwest | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| MyPa | 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| Total | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 7 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2002 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Silkeborg (loan) | 2002–03 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Elazığspor | 2003–04 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| FC Vaduz | 2004–05 | Swiss Challenge League | 26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |
| TPS | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||
| Inter Turku | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| PoPa | 2009 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 336 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 357 | 22 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup, KNVB Beker, DFB-Pokal and Liechtenstein Football Cup
- ^ a b c Includes UEFA Cup
Managerial
[edit]- As of 1 October 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| VPS | 
|
18 June 2021 | present | 130 | 63 | 21 | 46 | 237 | 175 | +62 | 48.5 |
| Total | 130 | 63 | 21 | 46 | 237 | 175 | +62 | 48.46 | |||
Managerial achievements
[edit]VPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2023 3rd place
- Ykkönen: 2021
Individual
[edit]- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[7]
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Year: 2023[8]
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: July 2023, August 2023,[9] October 2023[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "NUORELA Jussi". Veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "JUSSI JOHAN NUORELA". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "International Matches 1994 - Intercontinental, January–April". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "Jussi Nuorela Vaasan Palloseuran päävalmentajaksi" (in Finnish). VPS. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ VPS:n jättimäinen voittoputki katkesi viimein, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 September 2023
- ^ Vaasassa kiertää ilkeitä huhuja VPS:n Nuoreloista – ”Henkilökohtaiset suhteet eivät pääse vaikuttamaan”, ilkkapohjalainen.fi, 9 June 2021
- ^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
- ^ VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023
- ^ Jussi Nuorela valittu Veikkausliigan lokakuun valmentajaksi
- ^ Tässä on Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja
External links
[edit]- Jussi Nuorela at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Valkeakoski
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Danish Superliga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Süper Lig players
- FC Haka players
- FC Inter Turku players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- FC Groningen players
- PEC Zwolle players
- Silkeborg IF players
- Malmö FF players
- Elazığspor footballers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- FC Vaduz players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Finnish football managers
- Vaasan Palloseura managers
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Ykkönen players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Regionalliga players
- Vaasan Palloseura non-playing staff
- FC Inter Turku non-playing staff