Jani Meriläinen (born 18 July 1974) is a Finnish football coach and a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently working for Inter Turku youth sector and for the development of goalkeeping coaching in the club.[1] [2]

Jani Meriläinen
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-07-18) 18 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper, Goalkeeping coach
Youth career
RoPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2000 RoPS 87 (0)
2001–2002 Inter Turku 20 (0)
2002Närpes Kraft (loan) 4 (0)
2003 KooTeePee 12 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2020 Inter Turku (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2022 Inter Turku (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Born in Rovaniemi, Meriläinen started football in a local club RoPS. He played in Veikkausliiga with the RoPS first team, Inter Turku and KooTeePee. He retired as a player after the 2003 season.

Coaching career

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Meriläinen worked as a goalkeeping coach for Inter Turku during 2004–2020.[3] He was the club's sporting director in 2021–2022.[4][5][6]

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