Jere Koponen

Jere Koponen (born 23 May 1992 in Turku) is a Finnish football goalkeeper for Turun Palloseura.

Jere Koponen
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-23) 23 May 1992
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 TPS
Number 30
Youth career
TPS
Inter Turku
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Inter Turku 14 (0)
2011 → TuTo (loan) 11 (0)
2012 → KTP (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2017 SJK 3 (0)
2017–2018 Inter Turku 24 (0)
2019 Palanga 4 (0)
2019– TPS 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:34, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Koponen started his career at FC Inter Turku and won the Finnish U19 championship with his club in 2011.[1] In April 2012, he joined KTP on loan until August,[2] but he returned to FC Inter already in June after having made 9 appearances for KTP. In December 2012, he extended his contract with FC Inter until end of 2014.[3] For the 2015 season he joined SJK on a one-year contract[1] and won the Finnish championship as second goalkeeper behind Mihkel Aksalu with one appearance during the season.[4]

Koponen left Inter Turku for the second time, at the end of the 2018 season.[5]

From spring 2019 he is a member of lithuanian FK Palanga.[6] In summer 2019 he left FK Palanga. In August 2019, he then returned to his former club, TPS.[7]

References
  1. "Maalivahti Jere Koponen siirtyy SJK paitaan - SJK Seinäjoki" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "KTP lainasi Inter-lupauksen" (in Finnish). Kymen Sanomat. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Koponen jatkosopimukseen Interin kanssa" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. "Veikkausliigan kultamitalisti SJK mestari mestarilta" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. Veikkausliigan siirrot talvella 2018-2019, veikkausliiga.com, 23 December 2018
  6. Profile at A Lyga, alyga.lt
  7. MAALIVAHTI JERE KOPONEN VAHVISTAA TPS:ÄÄ LOPPUKAUDEN, fc.tps.fi, 11 August 2019
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