Aleksandr Kokko

Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987) is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for Finnish Veikkausliiga club RoPS.

Aleksandr Kokko
Kokko with RoPS in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-06-04) 4 June 1987
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 RoPS
Number 11
Youth career
1997–2004 FC Jazz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 FC Jazz 1 (0)
2004–2006 PoPa 13 (5)
2006 FC Hämeenlinna 15 (12)
2007–2010 FC Honka 58 (32)
2010 → PoPa (loan) 7 (5)
2011 VPS 18 (6)
2012–2016 RoPS 97 (56)
2016–2017 Newcastle Jets 13 (1)
2017–2018 Eastern 6 (3)
2018– RoPS 19 (2)
National team‡
2008–2009 Finland U21 5 (3)
2016– Finland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2017

He is of Ingrian Finn descent and emigrated with his family to Pori, Finland at the age of ten.[1]

Club career

Born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, Kokko made his first appearance in the Finnish top flight at the age of 17 with FC Jazz. He joined FC Honka before the 2007 season and made six appearances for the club during his first season. On 5 May 2008, he scored a hat-trick when FC Honka beat FC Haka in a league match by the scoreline of 7–0. Those were his first goals in the Finnish Premier Division. Kokko was the top goalscorer in the 2008 season of Veikkausliiga with 13 goals. In August 2010, Kokko was loaned to FC PoPa. He joined VPS for the 2011 season, before joining RoPS in 2012.

On 6 August 2016, Kokko signed a two-year deal with Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets[2]

On 10 July 2017, he decided to join Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.[3]

On 21 June 2018, Kokko returned to RoPS, signing until the end of the 2019 season.[4]

International career

Kokko made his debut for the Finland U21 on 20 August 2008 in a match against Sweden.[5] In February 2016 he debuted for the Finland national team against Sweden.[6]

Honours

Club

FC Honka

VPS

Individual

References
  1. "ALEKSANDR KOKKO" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. Prichard, Greg (6 August 2016). "Jets sign Finnish striker Kokko". The World Game. SBS.
  3. "Jets Finnish with Asia-bound Kokko". FourFourTwo. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. "Aleksandr Kokko palaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  5. "U21: Suomi ja Ruotsi pistejakoon" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 20 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  6. "Huuhkajat kärsi tappion Ruotsille" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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