Jonne Lindblom

Jonne Lindblom (born 30 May 1983) is a Finnish football agent and a former sporting director.

Jonne Lindblom

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Espoo, Finland
Managerial career
Years	Team
2019–2020	KuPS (sporting director)

Career

After working as a player agent for over ten years, Lindblom was named the sporting director of Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in September 2019.^[1][2][3] Approximately one year later, KuPS announced that the club will abolish their sporting director position for financial reasons, without referring to Lindblom directly.^[4][5]

As a player agent, Lindblom has represented many Finnish and foreign players over the years.^[6] Lindblom is credited of finding Alfredo Morelos to HJK Helsinki in 2016.^[1] Some Finnish players he has represented include Eero Markkanen, Petteri Forsell,^[7] Tommi Jyry^[8] and Ville Tikkanen.^[9] In May 2023, he was also part of the transfer process of Abdulfattah Asiri to Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn, as the first Saudi player ever in Finnish football.^[10]