Ari Hjelm

Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born 24 February 1962) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga.

A forward, Hjelm played in the Bundesliga for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 1988–89 season. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Kickers (1989–90) and FC St. Pauli (1992–94). In Finland, Hjelm represented FC Ilves (1981–88 and 1990–94) and HJK Helsinki (1995–96).

Hjelm earned 100 caps for the Finland national team. He held the record for most caps for Finland a decade, before being overtaken by Jari Litmanen in 2006. He is also the fifth highest scorer for Finland with 20 goals. Hjelm is an honorary captain of the Finnish national team.

His son Jonne Hjelm is a player for FC Ilves.

Honours

As player

Veikkausliiga: 1983

Finnish Cup: 1990, 1996

Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1987

UEFA awards 100 caps: 2011

Honorary captain of the Finland national team

As coach

Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007

Finnish Cup: 2007

Finnish League Cup: 2009

See also

List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

External links

1962 births

Living people

Finnish men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

FIFA Men's Century Club

Finland men's international footballers

Mestaruussarja players

Bundesliga players

2. Bundesliga players

Ilves (football) players

Stuttgarter Kickers players

FC St. Pauli players

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players

Finnish football managers

Footballers from Tampere

Tampere United managers

Finnish expatriate men's footballers

Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Expatriate men's footballers in Germany