Marko Rajamäki (born 3 October 1968) is a Swedish-born Finnish former

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and current manager of TPS. He managed

Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland. During the 2022 season, the men's first team of the club competes in Ykkönen, the second highest tier of men's football, and the women's repr ...

between 2010 and 2014. Previously he managed the club's under-18 team (since 2002) and was also the assistant manager of the senior team in 2009. Rajamäki is himself a former Finnish international footballer. He played for several years in the Finnish league and is the league's 23rd all-time top-scorer with 98 goals. In his time in the Scottish league, Rajamäki played for

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(94 league games) in the 1990s. He also played for

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(eight league games) and

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(five league games). Rajamäki made his debut for

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, on 22 October 1994 along with fellow Finn

Janne Lindberg Janne Lindberg (born 24 May 1966) is a Finnish former professional footballer managing Finnish fourth-tier side Sudet. Lindberg joined his local club Kumu as a six-year-old boy where he stayed for 18 years. In 1990, at the age of 24, he move ...

, at

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in a 2–1 defeat against

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. He was appointed manager of TPS in September 2022 after previous manager Jonatan Johansson was sacked.

Honours

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1991 (Turun Palloseura) *Under-18 Championship 2008 (Turun Palloseura, as a manager) *Coach of the Month: April (

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) * Scottish Second Division Championship 1995 * Finnish Cup: 2010 (as manager)

Career statistics

International goals

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Gothenburg Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Turun Palloseura footballers Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Greenock Morton F.C. players FSV Zwickau players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Scottish Football League players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Finnish football managers Turun Palloseura managers Salon Palloilijat players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards {{Finland-footy-forward-stub