Mikko Manninen (born 25 May 1985) is a Finnish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also play ...

club JJK. Manninen played well in pre-season for TPS but since the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

started, he's been struggling to find his old form, although he has been able to hold on his starting place for now. On 17 November JJK announced that Manninen would "return home" for the 2011 season as he signed a three-year contract with his old club.Manninen joins JJK

Honours

Individual

player of the month: July 2008 *Top Assist Player

2006 with 9 Assists. *Top Assist Player

2008 with 11 Assists.

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Guardian's Stats Centre
1985 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finland men's B international footballers JJK Jyväskylä players FC Haka players Veikkausliiga players Men's association football wingers Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers {{Finland-footy-forward-stub