Jarkko Erkki Hurme is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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Hurme, a right back, started his career at OLS Oulu

Oulun Luistinseura

Oulun Luistinseura is a Finnish multi-sports club, based in Oulu. The club has football, bandy, bowling and floorball sections. Men's football team which played in Kakkonen was disbanded in 2009...

 and AC Oulu

AC Oulu

AC Oulu is a Finnish football club, based in Oulu. The club's coach is Juha Malinen, and it plays its home matches at Raatin Stadion.-History :...

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before moving to Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

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 club RoPS Rovaniemi

RoPS

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 for the 2005 season. He then transferred to Udinese Calcio

Udinese Calcio

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 of the Italian

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 Serie A

Serie A

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 on 1 January 2006. He played for Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona F.C.

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 in Serie C1

Serie C1

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 during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. In the summer 2009 he came back to AC Oulu

AC Oulu

AC Oulu is a Finnish football club, based in Oulu. The club's coach is Juha Malinen, and it plays its home matches at Raatin Stadion.-History :...

 and helped them to win Ykkösen lopputilanne 2009.

Hurme was a regular for the Finnish Under-21 national team. He also played for Finland at the FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003.