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Football player Jouko Suomalainen

Jouko Suomalainen

Born on 8 April 1949 (age 74)

National team appearances of Jouko Suomalainen

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Finland	1970 - 1978	54	19	2	14	2		0.037
Total:		54	19	2	14	2		0.037

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
KuPS, Kuopio	23 Sep 1970 - 11 Oct 1970	3			3
KPT, Kuopio	20 May 1971 - 11 Oct 1978	51	19	2	11	2		0.039

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Nordic Championship (NC)

0.067

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.056

(-) matches counted in two competitions at once:

Total:

19*

0.037

* - not considered 2 matches with unknown captains

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
23 Sep 1970	England*	debut	21 years 5 months 15 days
28 May 1972	Norway	first cap as captain	23 years 1 month 20 days
30 Jul 1972	West Germany*	first goal	23 years 3 months 22 days
15 Oct 1977	Italy	50th cap	28 years 6 months 7 days
11 Oct 1978	Greece	last appearance	29 years 6 months 3 days

Record of Jouko Suomalainen's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
West Germany*	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Sweden	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									48
Total:	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	54	0.037

Record of national team matches played by Jouko Suomalainen

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Finland football team	54	10	12	32	41	122	29.7

Jouko Suomalainen's international caps

as player of KuPS, Kuopio:

debut age - 21 years 5 months 15 days

23 Sep 1970 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-3

Finland vs England*

Friendly International

07 Oct 1970 18:00 (+1:00)

Prague, Letenský Stadion (Sparty)

1-1

Czechoslovakia vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

11 Oct 1970 15:30 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

3-0

Romania vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

as player of KPT, Kuopio:

20 May 1971 14:00 (+1:00)

Borås, Ryavallen

4-1

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

26 May 1971 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-1

Finland vs Wales

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

16 Jun 1971 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-4

Finland vs Czechoslovakia

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

25 Aug 1971 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-1

Finland vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

08 Sep 1971 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

0-0

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

22 Sep 1971 18:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-4

Finland vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 1

07 Mar 1972

The Hague, Zuiderpark Stadion

2-1

Netherlands* vs Finland

Friendly International

28 May 1972 15:00 (+2:00)

Turku, Kupittaan Jalkapallostadion

0-0

Finland vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

07 Jun 1972 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

3-0

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

21 Jun 1972 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-0

Finland vs Albania

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

16 Jul 1972

Vaasa, Hietalahden Jalkapallostadion

1-1

Finland vs Soviet Union

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 23 years 3 months 22 days

30 Jul 1972

Lübeck, Stadion an der Lohmühle

1-2

West Germany* vs Finland

Friendly International

1х

04 Apr 1973

Plymouth, Home Park

3-0

England* vs Finland

Friendly International

24 May 1973 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-0

Finland vs Netherlands*

Friendly International

06 Jun 1973 19:00 (+2:00)

Tampere, Tampereen (Ratinan) Stadion

1-5

Finland vs East Germany

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

08 Jul 1973 18:00 (+1:00)

Halmstad, Örjans Vall

1-1

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

1х

29 Aug 1973 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-2

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

10 Oct 1973

Tirana, Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa

1-0

Albania vs Finland

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

14 Oct 1973 15:30 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

9-0

Romania vs Finland

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

06 Jun 1974 19:30 (+2:00)

Oulu, Raatti Stadion

1-1

Finland vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

15 Aug 1974 19:00 (+1:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

1-2

Norway vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

19 Aug 1974 19:00

Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur

2-2

Iceland vs Finland

Friendly International

01 Sep 1974 15:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-2

Finland vs Poland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

25 Sep 1974 18:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-3

Finland vs Netherlands

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

09 Oct 1974 14:30 (+1:00)

Poznań, Stadion im. 22 lipca

3-0

Poland vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

16 Apr 1975

The Hague, Zuiderpark Stadion

1-1

Netherlands* vs Finland

Friendly International

15 May 1975 18:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

3-5

Finland vs Norway

XXI. Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament, Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977, First round

05 Jun 1975 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-1

Finland vs Italy

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

18 Jun 1975 19:00 (+1:00)

Stavanger, Stavanger Stadion

1-1

Norway vs Finland

XXI. Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament, First round

25 Jun 1975 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

2-0

Denmark vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

03 Sep 1975 20:00 (+1:00)

Nijmegen, Goffertstadion

4-1

Netherlands vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

27 Sep 1975 16:30 (+2:00)

Rome, Stadio Olimpico

0-0

Italy vs Finland

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 5

19 May 1976 18:30 (+2:00)

Kuopio, Väinölänniemen Stadion (Vänäri)

1-0

Finland vs Switzerland

Friendly International

01 Jun 1976 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-2

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

13 Jun 1976 19:30 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-4

Finland vs England

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

14 Jul 1976 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-0

Finland vs Iceland

Friendly International

11 Aug 1976 19:00 (+1:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

6-0

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1972-1977

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Jouko Suomalainen's most often teammates

Esko Ranta (1971 - 1978) - 48 games
Matti Paatelainen (1970 - 1977) - 43 games
Miikka Toivola (1971 - 1978) - 42 games
Erkki Vihtilä (1971 - 1978) - 33 games
Olavi Rissanen (1971 - 1977) - 28 games

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