Mika Laurikainen (born 28 April 1963) is a Finnish

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who works as an academy director in

Paide Linnameeskond Paide Linnameeskond, or simply Paide, is an Estonian professional football club based in Paide that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Paide linnastaadion. Founded in 2004, the club has ...

Career

On 16 December 2022, while serving as the club's sporting director, Laurikainen appointed himself the head coach of

Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional association football, football club based in Turku, Finland. Since 2024, the men's team competes in Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier. Nicknamed "''Tepsi''", the club was founded i ...

(TPS) for the 2023 season. After the season, it was announced that Laurikainen will leave out from the club. On 30 August 2024, it was reported that Laurikainen would start as an academy director of Estonian

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club

Personal life

His son

Joonas Joonas is an Estonian language, Estonian and Finnish language, Finnish given name, a cognate of Jonas (name), Jonas. Notable people with the given name include: * Joonas Alanne (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player * Joonas Angeria (born 1989), ...

is a former footballer and a current coach.

Honours

Individual *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

Coach of the Month: June 2009Jens Nygårdista kesäkuun Kuukauden pelaaja

References

1963 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Footballers from Turku Finnish football managers FF Jaro managers Turun Palloseura managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Veikkausliiga managers Finnish sporting directors Finnish football coaches Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Turun Palloseura non-playing staff 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-footy-bio-stub