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Ilkka Mäkelä

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Ilkka Mäkelä
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-06-25) 25 June 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Elimäki, Finland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
MyPa (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1982 MP ? (?)
1983 Kuusysi 27 (12)
1984 MP 22 (7)
1985–1989 Haka 98 (13)
1988 Wettingen ? (?)
1990–1996 MP 159 (7)
1997–1999 RoPS 77 (2)
2000 Lahti 27 (0)
2001–2003 MYPA 7 (0)
International career
Finland U-21 15 (?)
Finland[1] 11 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2003 MyPa (player-assistant)
2004–2007 MyPa
2008–2010 Lahti
2011–2013 Finland U15
2011–2013 Finland U16
2011–2013 Finland U17
2015–2017 MP
2020 MyPa
2023– MP (club president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilkka Mäkelä (born 25 June 1963, in Elimäki) is a Finnish football manager, former player, and current club president of Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP).

Coaching career

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He was sacked after the 2010 season as FC Lahti were relegated to Ykkönen. On 20 December 2010 he signed a three-year contract with Finnish FA, taking the Finland's U15, U16 and U17 teams under his management.[2]

On 19 November 2019 MyPa confirmed, that Mäkelä would return as the club's manager for the 2020 season.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ilkka Makela - Suomen Jalkapallovalmentajat". Archived from the original on 7 April 2010.
  2. ^ Mäkelä takes charge at Finland youth (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Ilkka Mäkelä on MYPAn uusi päävalmentaja, mypa.fi, 19 November 2019
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