Tomi Maanoja (born 12 September 1986) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional goalkeeper.[1] Maanoja has been capped twice for Finland. He is currently working as the assistant coach of Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) in Ykkösliiga.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KäPa (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VJS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Allianssi | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Honka | 37 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | AIK | 26 | (0) |
| 2011 | Honka | 23 | (0) |
| 2012 | Sandefjord | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | RoPS | 25 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | KuPS | 64 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Lahti | 12 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → HIFK (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | HIFK | 30 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | IF Gnistan | 13 | (0) |
| 2021 | VJS | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Finland U21 | |||
| 2009 | Finland | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | PK-35 (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2023 | HIFK (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2024– | KäPa (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Maanoja made his first appearance in the Veikkausliiga with AC Allianssi from Vantaa in 2005. He completed a move to the neighbouring city's (Espoo) most notable football club, FC Honka, the following season. Maanoja was regarded as one of the best Finnish young goalkeepers and attracted interest from several foreign clubs before his move to AIK on 29 July 2008. He signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the club for a fee of €450,000.[2]
On 28 February 2009, Maanoja became seriously injured in a pre-season game against Assyriska Föreningen. He broke his leg in two places, rushing out to stop an Assyriska attack. The injury made him miss the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, hosted in Sweden, in the summer.[3] He also missed the whole 2009 Allsvenskan season, when AIK won the double. He moved back to Honka in 2011, and on 21 February 2012 he signed a contract with the Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball as a free agent.[4] Sandefjord's head coach Arne Sandstø let Maanoja play the match against Alta in May 2012 instead of Iven Austbø,[5] but Maanoja spent the rest of the season as the reserve goalkeeper. After one season in Norway, he moved back to Finland and signed for RoPS.[6]
During the season spent with RoPS, he was selected as the player of the month in Veikkausliiga (July) after showing impressive form and going through the whole month without conceding a goal.
2014 He moved to KuPS (Kuopion Palloseura) signing a two-year contract. During the 2014 season Maanoja made a new club record by keeping 13 clean sheets in the league while featuring in all of the competitive matches playing every minute during that season.
In 2020, he joined IF Gnistan.[7]
Coaching career edit
Maanoja has worked as a goalkeeping coach of PK-35[8] and HIFK.[9] Since February 2024, he is the assistant coach of KäPa.[10]
Honours edit
AC Allianssi edit
- Finnish League Cup: 2004, 2005
AIK edit
FC Honka edit
- Finnish League Cup: 2011
RoPS edit
- Finnish Cup: 2013
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: July 2013[11]
References edit
- ^ Tomi Maanojasta piti tulla Suomen ykkösmaalivahti, mutta katkennut sääri suisti uran raiteiltaan – nyt hänen jalkapallotarinansa saa onnellisen lopun, Yle, 18 June 2021
- ^ Hongan maalivahti Tomi Maanoja siirtyy AIK:hon, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 July 2008
- ^ "Finland's Maanoja Suffers Double Leg Break". uefa.com. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Tomi Maanoja till Norge". Svenska YLE (in Swedish). YLE. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Hasle, Anders Mehlum (30 May 2012). "Iven rasende etter å ha blitt vraket" (in Norwegian). Sandefjords Blad. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Maanoja RoPSin maalille". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ Urheilutoimenjohtaja lähti HIFK:sta – ”Ei dramatiikkaa”‚ iltasanomat.fi, 3 January 2017
- ^ Kim Raimi jatkaa PK-35:n päävalmentajana – valmennustiimiin liittyvät Aapi Helvelahti sekä Tomi Maanoja, pk-35.fi
- ^ Tomi Maanoja HIFK:n valmennustiimiin, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 December 2022
- ^ Tomi Maanoja mukaan KäPan valmennukseen, kapylanpalloedustus.fi, 10 February 2024
- ^ Tomi Maanoja Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2013-08-03 at archive.today (in Finnish)
External links edit
- Tomi Maanoja at aikfotboll.se at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 December 2008) (in Swedish)
- Tomi Maanoja at National-Football-Teams.com