Jonas Nyholm (born 23 June 1992) is a Finnish football coach and a former player, who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently working as a manager of Ykkösliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Rauma, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pallo-Iirot | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Pallo-Iirot | 56 | (5) |
| 2014 | Jazz | 19 | (0) |
| 2015 | Pallo-Iirot | 26 | (2) |
| 2016 | Gnistan | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | SAPA | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2021 | HJK (youth) | ||
| 2022–2023 | KTP (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | KTP | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2024 | |||
Playing career
editBorn in Rauma, Nyholm started football in a youth team of a local club Pallo-Iirot, and made his senior debut with the club's first team in 2011. He played also for Jazz and Gnistan in the second and the third-tiers of Finnish football league system.
Coaching career
editIn 2016, after moving to Helsinki to play for Gnistan,[1] Nyholm started coaching in a youth sector of HJK Helsinki.
For the 2022 season, he moved to Kotka to join the coaching staff of Jussi Leppälahti in Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) as an assistant coach, and additionally for the youth sector.[2] The KTP first team won the second-tier Ykkönen title and were promoted to top-tier Veikkausliiga for the 2023. One year later, after a difficult season, KTP were relegated, and Nyholm was appointed the head coach for the 2024 season.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He led the team to win the new second-tier Ykkösliiga title, and earn a promotion back to Veikkausliiga for the 2025.
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 27 October 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| KTP | 
|
1 January 2024 | present | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 61.76 | |||
| Total | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 61.76 | ||||||
Managerial honours
editKTP
References
edit- ^ KOKEMUSTA GNISTANIN KESKIKENTÄLLE – JONAS NYHOLM RAUMALTA OGELIIN, gnistan.fi, 10 March 2016
- ^ JONAS NYHOLM VALMENTAJAKSI SEKÄ EDUSTUKSEEN ETTÄ JUNIOREIDEN PUOLELLE, fcktp.fi
- ^ KTP:N ENSI KAUDEN VALMENTAJAKUVIOT SELVILLÄ, fcktp.fi, 14 November 2023
- ^ Kotkalaisen jalkapalloseura FC KTP:n uusi päävalmentaja on Jonas Nyholm, Yle, 15 November 2023
- ^ Jonas Nyholmista KTP:n uusi päävalmentaja – "Tämä ei ole Nyholmin KTP, vaan meidän KTP", Kymen Sanomat, 14 November 2023
- ^ Jonas Nyholm KTP:n ensi kauden päävalmentajaksi, pkank.fi, 16 November 2023
- ^ Jonas Nyholm nousee KTP:n päävalmentajaksi, pallotv.fi, 17 November 2023
- ^ Katastrofaalisen syksyn pelannut KTP antoi raumalaisvalmentajalleen ylennyksen, Satakunnan Kansa, 15 November 2023
External links
edit- Jonas Nyholm at Finnish FA
- Jonas Nyholm at Soccerway