Ari Hjelm

Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born 24 February 1962) is a Finnish football coach and former player.^[1] He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Hjelm was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Ari Hjelm

Personal information
Full name	Ari Juhani Hjelm
Date of birth	(1962-02-24) 24 February 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Tampere United (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1988	Ilves	174	(104)
1988–1990	Stuttgarter Kickers	55	(10)
1990–1992	Ilves	65	(29)
1992–1993	FC St. Pauli	21	(4)
1993	Ilves	1	(0)
1993–1994	FC St. Pauli	27	(3)
1994	Ilves	18	(6)
1995–1996	HJK Helsinki	31	(12)
Total		397	(160)
International career
1983–1996	Finland	100	(20)
Managerial career
1997	Ilves
1999–2000	Tampere United (assistant)
2001–2010	Tampere United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 also a former footballer.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ilves	1981	Mestaruussarja	27	12	–		–		27	12
	1982	Mestaruussarja	28	11	–		–		28	11
	1983	Mestaruussarja	23	14	–		–		23	14
	1984	Mestaruussarja	20	12	–		2[b]	0	22	12
	1985	Mestaruussarja	25	20	–		–		25	20
	1986	Mestaruussarja	21	11	–		2[c]	1	23	12
	1987	Mestaruussarja	21	20	–		–		21	20
	1988	Mestaruussarja	9	4	–		–		9	4
	Total		174	104	0	0	4	1	178	105
Stuttgarter Kickers	1988–89	Bundesliga	32	5	1	0	–		33	5
	1989–90	2. Bundesliga	23	5	2	1	1[d]	0	26	6
	Total		55	10	3	1	1	0	59	11
Ilves	1990	Veikkausliiga	5	2	–		–		5	2
	1991	Veikkausliiga	31	16	–		4[e]	0	35	16
	1992	Veikkausliiga	29	11	–		–		29	11
	Total		65	29	0	0	4	0	69	29
FC St. Pauli	1992–93	2. Bundesliga	21	4	–		–		21	4
Ilves	1993	Veikkausliiga	1	0	–		–		1	0
FC St. Pauli	1993–94	2. Bundesliga	27	3	–		–		27	3
Ilves	1994	Veikkausliiga	18	6	–		–		18	6
HJK	1995	Veikkausliiga	26	11	–		3[d]	0	29	11
	1996	Veikkausliiga	5	1	–		–		5	1
	Total		31	12	0	0	0	0	31	12
Career total			392	168	3	1	12	1	407	169

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Appearances in European Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

International

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hjelm goal.

List of international goals scored by Ari Hjelm

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	16 March 1983	Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg, Germany	East Germany	1-3	1-3	Friendly	[2]
2	25 May 1983	Municipal Stadium, Białystok, Poland	Poland	1-2	2-3	1984 Summer Olympics qualification	[3]
3				2-2
4	31 October 1984	Antalya Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey	Turkey	1-0	2-1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[4]
5	20 November 1984	Jubail, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1-1	1-2	Friendly	[5]
6	24 November 1984	Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Qatar	1-0	1-1	Friendly	[6]
7	22 January 1986	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Portugal	1-0	1-1	Friendly	[7]
8	20 August 1986	Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti, Finland	East Germany	1-0	1-0	Friendly	[8]
9	10 September 1986	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Wales	1-0	1-1	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification	[9]
10	28 May 1987	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Brazil	1-0	2-3	Friendly	[10]
11	9 September 1987	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Czechoslovakia	1-0	3-0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification	[11]
12	3 June 1992	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	England	1-0	1-2	Friendly	[12]
13	7 November 1992	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	1-0	1-1	Friendly	[13]
14	13 May 1993	Paavo Nurmi Stadium, Turku, Finland	Austria	3-0	3-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[14]
15	10 November 1993	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	3-0	3-1\	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
16	26 October 1994	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	4-0	7-0	Friendly	[16]
17				5-0
18	8 March 1995	Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1-3	1-4	Friendly	[17]
19	26 April 1995	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1-0	4-0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	[18]
20	11 June 1995	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Greece	2-1	2-1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualification	[19]

Honours

As player

• Veikkausliiga: 1983
• Finnish Cup: 1990, 1996
• Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1987
• UEFA awards 100 caps: 2011^[20]
• Honorary captain of the Finland national team

As coach

• Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007
• Finnish Cup: 2007
• Finnish League Cup: 2009
• Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2001, 2006, 2007

See also

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