Jiri Koski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Vaajakoski[1] | |||
| JJK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | JJK | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | Warkaus JK | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | PK-35 Vantaa | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Klubi 04 | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Vejle | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Atlantis | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Klubi 04 | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | HJK | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | KTP | 74 | (0) |
| 2020 | EIF | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Gnistan | 66 | (0) |
| 2025– | KTP | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Finland U17 | 2 | (0) |
| Finland U18 | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 March 2024 | |||
Jiri Koski (born 20 May 1995) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga side KTP.[2]
Club career
Koski debuted in Veikkausliiga with HJK Helsinki on 17 October 2016, in a 3–1 win against Ilves.[3]
Since 2021, Koski has played for IF Gnistan in second-tier Ykkönen, and was the team captain in the 2023 season.[4][5] On 19 May 2024, he made his first Gnistan appearance in the highest level, and only his second-ever appearance in Veikkausliiga, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS).[6]
Koski returned to KTP for the 2025 Veikkausliiga season.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 8 May 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup[a] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JJK Jyväskylä | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warkaus JK (loan) | 2012 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| PK-35 Vantaa | 2013 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Vejle | 2013–14 | Danish 1st Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlantis | 2014 | Kakkonen | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Atlantis Akatemia | 2015 | Nelonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Klubi 04 | 2016 | Kakkonen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| KTP | 2017 | Kakkonen | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Ykkönen | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 76 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Ekenäs IF | 2020 | Ykkönen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Gnistan | 2021 | Ykkönen | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Ykkönen | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 0 | ||
| KTP | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Career total | 201 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 236 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup and Ykköscup
Honours
Gnistan
HJK
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2016
Individual
References
- ↑ FCV-kasvatti Jiri Koski Tanskaan!, fcvaajakoski.com, 9 July 2013
- ↑ KTP:n Jiri Koski halusi jalkapallopaikkakunnalle — ”Voisi sanoa, että minussa virtaa osittain kotkalaista verta”, Kymen Sanomat, 28 July 2017
- ↑ HJK:n ensikertalainen joutui väsyneenä maaliin - "Katsoin liian pitkään telkkaria", Iltalehti, 17 October 2016
- ↑ JIRI KOSKI JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN, gnistan.fi, 23 December 2023
- ↑ JIRI KOSKI JA GNISTAN JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN, gnistan.fi, 14 November 2022
- ↑ Gnistanin Leppälahti: "Joukkue näytti yhteinäiseltä ja taistelevalta", veikkausliiga.com, 19 May 2024
- ↑ Jiri Koski palaa KTP:hen – "Tiedetään mitä saadaan", Kymen Sanomat, 18 December 2024
- ↑ Jiri Koski, Finnish FA
- ↑ Jiri Koski on Ykkösen huhtikuun pelaaja, Finnish FA, 5 May 2023
- ↑ KTP:n Jiri Koski A-lohkon paras maalivahti, Kymen Sanomat, 3 November 2017
External links
- Jiri Koski at Soccerway
- Jiri Koski at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- JJK Jyväskylä players
- Atlantis FC players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- PK-35 Vantaa (men) players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- Vejle Boldklub players
- Ekenäs IF players
- IF Gnistan players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Warkauden Jalkapalloklubi players
- FC Vaajakoski players
- Footballers from Jyväskylä