Aleksandr Kokko

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Aleksandr Kokko
Kokko with RoPS in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1997–2004 Jazz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Jazz 1 (0)
2004–2006 PoPa 13 (5)
2006 Hämeenlinna 15 (12)
2007–2010 Honka 58 (32)
2010 → PoPa (loan) 7 (5)
2011 VPS 18 (3)
2012–2016 RoPS 104 (56)
2016–2017 Newcastle Jets 13 (1)
2017–2018 Eastern 6 (3)
2018–2020 RoPS 26 (3)
International career‡
2008–2009 Finland U21 5 (3)
2016 Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2017

Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987) is a Russian-born Finnish former footballer who plays as a striker.

Early life[edit]

Kokko was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. He is of Ingrian Finnish descent and emigrated with his family to Pori, Finland at the age of ten.[1]

Club career[edit]

Kokko started playing football in FC Jazz youth sector.

In 2004, he made his first appearance in the Finnish top flight Veikkausliiga at the age of 17 with Jazz first team. He joined fellow Veikkausliiga club 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]

Kokko announcement his retirement from playing career after the 2020 season.

International career[edit]

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]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 31 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jazz 2004 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
PoPa 2004 Kolmonen — —
2005 Kakkonen — —
2006 Kakkonen — —
Total 13 5 — — 13 5
Hämeenlinna 2006 Ykkönen 15 12 0 0 — — 15 12
Honka 2007 Veikkausliiga 3 0 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 5 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 26 13 0 0 0 0 6[c] 0 32 13
2009 Veikkausliiga 18 2 0 0 6[d] 6 2[e] 0 28 8
2010 Veikkausliiga 8 2 1 0 1[d] 0 0 0 10 2
Total 55 17 1 0 7 6 10 0 73 23
PoPa (loan) 2010 Ykkönen 7 5 0 0 — — 7 5
VPS 2011 Veikkausliiga 18 3 0 0 0 0 — 18 3
RoPS 2012 Ykkönen 22 15 0 0 — — 22 15
2013 Veikkausliiga 18 6 5 4 5[d] 1 — 28 11
2014 Veikkausliiga 19 9 2 1 2[d] 0 2[e] 0 25 10
2015 Veikkausliiga 30 17 1 2 2[e] 0 — 33 19
2016 Veikkausliiga 15 9 2 4 2[d] 0 4[e] 0 23 13
Total 104 56 10 11 11 1 6 0 131 68
Newcastle Jets 2016–17 A-League 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
Eastern 2017–18 Hong Kong Premier League 6 3 0 0 4[f] 1 — 10 4
RoPS 2018 Veikkausliiga 8 1 — — — 8 1
2019 Veikkausliiga 11 1 1 0 — 2[e] 0 14 1
2020 Veikkausliiga 7 1 3 0 — — 10 1
Total 26 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 32 3
Career total 258 105 15 11 22 8 18 0 313 124
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Cup
  4. ^ a b c d e Includes Finnish League Cup
  5. ^ a b c d e Includes UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Includes three appearances in Hong Kong Sapling Cup and one appearance and one goal in Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

FC Honka

VPS

RoPS

  • Veikkausliiga

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. 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.
  7. ^ Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty (in Finnish)
  8. ^ Aleksandr Kokko kesäkuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
  9. ^ [1] (in Finnish)
  10. ^ Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty (in Finnish)
  11. ^ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  12. ^ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  13. ^ https://archive.today/20120524112908/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/2008/maalintekijat_pelaaja.htm veikkausliiga.com] (in Finnish)
  14. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
    As of 26 October 2015.

External links[edit]

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