Jari Ilola

Jari Ilola
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-11-24) 24 November 1978
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
RoPS (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 RoPS 47 (5)
1998–2002 HJK 90 (11)
2003–2010 Elfsborg 85 (0)
Total 222 (16)
International career
1998–2007 Finland 30 (1)
Managerial career
2013– RoPS (sporting director)[1]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jari Ilola (born 24 November 1978) is a Finnish former professional 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 team.[2]

He is currently the sporting director of his former club RoPS in Ykkönen.[3][4][5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RoPS 1995 Veikkausliiga 20––20
1996 Veikkausliiga 234––234
1997 Veikkausliiga 221––221
Total 475––––475
HJK Helsinki 1998 Veikkausliiga 222008[a]1303
1999 Veikkausliiga 272003[b]1303
2000 Veikkausliiga 10000010
2001 Veikkausliiga 244004[b]0284
2002 Veikkausliiga 163002[b]0183
Total 9011––17210713
Elfsborg 2003 Allsvenskan 120120
2004 Allsvenskan 1803[b]0210
2005 Allsvenskan 150150
2006 Allsvenskan 200200
2007 Allsvenskan 190106[c]0260
2008 Allsvenskan 101[d]020
2009 Allsvenskan 0000
2010 Allsvenskan 0000
Total 85010100960
Career total 222161027225018

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 199820
199950
200000
200110
200231
200340
200430
200530
200670
200720
Total301
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ilola goal.
List of international goals scored by Jari Ilola
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 January 2002Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Albania1–01–1Friendly

References