Aleksandr Kokko

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

Aleksandr Kokko

Kokko with RoPS in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 37)
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

Early life

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

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

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

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. Includes Finnish League Cup
5. 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

Club

FC Honka

• Veikkausliiga
  • Runners-up: 2009, 2018

VPS

• Veikkausliiga
  • Runners-up: 2015

RoPS

• Veikkausliiga
  • Runners-up: 2018

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Young Player of the Year: 2008^[7]
• Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: June 2015,^[8] October 2015^[9]
• Veikkausliiga Forward of the Year: May 2008,^[10] 2015^[11]
• Veikkausliiga Player of the Year: 2015^[12]
• Veikkausliiga Top goalscorer: 2008,^[13] 2015^[14]

• Ykkönen Top goalscorer: 2012

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. 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. (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

• Profile at RoPS (in Finnish)
• Profile at FC PoPa (in Finnish)