Aleksandr Kokko

Aleksandr Kokko
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)
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 FC Jazz 1 (0)
2004–2006 FC PoPa 13 (5)
2006 FC Hämeenlinna 15 (12)
2007–2010 FC Honka 58 (32)
2010 →FC PoPa (loan) 7 (5)
2011 VPS 18 (6)
2012–2016 RoPS 97 (56)
2016– Newcastle Jets 1 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Finland U21 5 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2014

Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987 in Leningrad) is a Soviet Union-born Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for the Newcastle Jets. Of Ingrian Finn descent and emigrated to Finland at the age of ten.

Club career

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[1]

International career

Kokko made his debut for the Finnish national under-21 team on 20 August 2008 in a match against Sweden[2]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Prichard, Greg (6 August 2016). "Jets sign Finnish striker Kokko". The World Game. SBS.
  2. ↑ http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=127034

External links

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