Niklas Vidjeskog
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 February 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Terjärv, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jaro (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Terjärv Ungdoms Sportklubb | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | TUS | 42 | (23) |
| 1990–1992 | KPV | 55 | (10) |
| 1993–2000 | Jaro | 187 | (28) |
| 2001 | Östersund | 18 | (12) |
| 2002–2005 | TUS | 71 | (32) |
| 2008–2009 | TUS | 11 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2006 | TUS | ||
| 2006 | Jaro (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Jaro (caretaker) | ||
| 2007–2016 | Jaro (technical coach) | ||
| 2016 | Jaro (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Jaro (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2020 | Jaro (youth) | ||
| 2021 | KPV (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | KPV | ||
| 2024– | Jaro | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2024 | |||
Niklas Vidjeskog (born 24 February 1969) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of FF Jaro in Ykkösliiga. He has completed the UEFA A coaching license.
Playing career
[edit]As a player, Vidjeskog has made 149 total appearances in Veikkausliiga for Jaro and KPV. He has also played for Swedish club Östersunds FK.
Coaching career
[edit]Vidjeskog has coached in his former clubs TUS and FF Jaro. He also worked briefly as an assistant coach and interim head coach of Kokkolan Palloveikot (KPV) in 2021.
He was named the head coach of Jaro on 4 November 2023, starting in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5] At the end of the 2024 Ykkösliiga season, his first full season as the Jaro head coach, he helped the club to finish as the runners-up, and eventually they were promoted to top-tier Veikkausliiga by defeating Lahti in the promotion play-offs.
Personal life
[edit]His three oldest sons are all professional footballers: Adam and Axel are playing in Finland, for Jaro and KuPS respectively, and Isak plays in Sweden for Varbergs BoIS. His fourth and the youngest son Ivar plays for the youth sector of Jaro. Vidjeskog has also worked as an elementary school teacher.[6]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 27 October 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Jaro | 
|
1 September 2006 | 31 December 2006 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67 | |||
| Jaro |
|
10 June 2016 | 28 July 2016 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.29 | |||
| KPV |
|
26 July 2021 | 31 December 2021 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | |||
| Jaro |
|
1 January 2024 | present | 36 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 69.44 | |||
| Total | 64 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 57.81 | ||||||
Managerial honours
[edit]Jaro
- Ykkösliiga runner-up: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ NIKLAS VIDJESKOG FF JARON UUSI VALMENTAJA, ffjaro.fi, 4 November 2023
- ^ Tässä on FF Jaron uusi päävalmentaja – Tuttu nimi aiemmilta vuosilta, Keskipohjanmaa, 4 November 2023
- ^ Liigaan? Nyt voi koittaa Niklas Vidjeskogin isoin kausi: ”Me ollaan justiinsa niin hyviä!”, Keskipohjanmaa, 5 March 2024
- ^ Niklas Vidjeskog tar över Jaro: ”Jag är full av energi, detta känns väldigt inspirerande”, Svenska Yle, 4 November 2023
- ^ Jaro har gjort sitt val – Niklas Vidjeskog tar över som tränare, Österbottens Tidning, 4 November 2023
- ^ Tässä on FF Jaron uusi päävalmentaja – Tuttu nimi aiemmilta vuosilta, Pietarsaaren Sanomat, 4 November 2023
External links
[edit]- Niklas Vidjeskog at WorldFootball.net
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Finnish football managers
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- FF Jaro players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Östersunds FK players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Veikkausliiga players
- Association football coaches
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Kakkonen players
- Kolmonen players
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Vidjeskog family
- FF Jaro managers
- Educators