Jarkko Wiss is a former 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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 and the current manager of Tampere United

Tampere United

Tampere United is a Finnish football club, which played in the Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the 2010 season, but is currently excluded from participating in Finnish football. The club comes from the city of Tampere. The current head coach of the club is Jarkko Wiss,...

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Player career

As a player he played in the position of defensive midfielder for TPV Tampere, FF Jaro

FF Jaro

FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League Veikkausliiga...

, HJK and Tampere United

Tampere United

Tampere United is a Finnish football club, which played in the Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the 2010 season, but is currently excluded from participating in Finnish football. The club comes from the city of Tampere. The current head coach of the club is Jarkko Wiss,...

 in Finland, Molde

Molde F.K.

Molde Fotballklubb is a football club from Molde, Norway. It was founded on 19 June 1911.They currently play in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division. Molde's home matches are played at Aker Stadion , which holds a record attendance of 13,308 . Aker Stadion's maximum capacity now is 11,800...

, Lillestrøm

Lillestrøm S.K.

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 and Moss

Moss F.K.

Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on August 28, 1906. They currently play in the Fair Play ligaen, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian Premier League between 1937-1939, 1953-1954, 1977-1985 , 1987-1990 , 1996 and...

 in Norway

Norway

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, Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

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 in England

England

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 as well as Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

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 in Scotland

Scotland

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He has also appeared over 40 times for the Finnish national team

Finland national football team

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Coaching career

After retiring in 2007 at the age of 35, he worked both as a youth coach and as a sporting director for Tampere United between 2008-2009. He also managed the Finnish U15-football team.

On 29 October 2010 it was announced that Wiss had succeeded the long time head coach

Head coach

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 Ari Hjelm

Ari Hjelm

Ari-Juhani Hjelm is a Finnish football coach and former player. He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga....

at Tampere United. He signed a 2+2 year contract with TamU on the same day.