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Finnish footballer (born 1962)

Jari Europaeus
Personal information
Full name	Jari Europaeus
Date of birth	(1962-12-29) 29 December 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	HJK	86	(5)
1984–1986	Gefle	60	(2)
1987–1988	Öster	42	(0)
1989	RoPS	27	(0)
1990–1995	HJK	140	(7)
1996	Atlantis	16	(1)
International career
1983–1991	Finland	56	(0)
Managerial career
1996–2000	Atlantis
2001–2003	Honka
2005–2007	Viikingit
2013	HJK (youth)
2014	PK-35 Vantaa
2019	Espoo (assistant)
2020	GrIFK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jari Europaeus (born 29 December 1962) is a Finnish football manager and a retired football defender.

During his club career, Europaeus played for HJK Helsinki, Gefle IF, Östers IF, RoPS and Atlantis FC. He made 56 appearances for the Finland national team.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HJK Helsinki	1981	Mestaruussarja	16	1	–		16	1
	1982	Mestaruussarja	29	1	4	0	33	1
	1983	Mestaruussarja	29	2	2	0	31	2
	1984	Mestaruussarja	12	1	–		12	1
	Total		86	5	6	0	92	5
Gefle	1984	Allsvenskan	10	0	–		10	0
	1985	Division 2	24	0	–		24	0
	1986	Division 2	26	2	–		26	2
	Total		60	2	0	0	60	0
Öster	1987	Allsvenskan	21	0	–		21	0
	1988	Allsvenskan	21	0	4	0	25	0
	Total		42	0	4	0	46	0
RoPS	1989	Mestaruussarja	27	0	4	0	31	0
HJK Helsinki	1990	Veikkausliiga	18	0	–		18	0
	1991	Veikkausliiga	20	3	–		20	3
	1992	Veikkausliiga	32	2	–		32	2
	1993	Veikkausliiga	27	1	4	0	31	1
	1994	Veikkausliiga	18	0	3	0	21	0
	1995	Veikkausliiga	25	1	4	0	29	1
	Total		140	7	11	0	151	7
Atlantis	1996	Kakkonen	16	1	–		16	1
Career total			371	15	25	0	396	15

v t e Finnish Footballer of the Year
1953: Rintanen 1954: Kupiainen 1955: Jokinen 1956: Lehtinen 1957: Lintamo 1958: Pahlman 1959: Nevalainen 1960: Peltonen 1961: Heinonen 1962: Peltonen 1963: Heinonen 1964: Peltonen 1965: Näsman 1966: Mäkipää 1967: Kautonen 1968: Jalonen 1969: Lindholm 1970: Kautonen 1971: Tolsa 1972: Toivola 1973: Suomalainen 1974: Tolsa 1975: Enckelman 1976: Mäkynen 1977: Tolsa 1978: Toivola 1979: Pyykkö 1980: Lahtinen 1981: Lahtinen 1982: Huttunen 1983: Ukkonen 1984: Huttunen 1985: Ikäläinen 1986: Tiainen 1987: Hjelm 1988: Paatelainen 1989: Europaeus 1990: Litmanen 1991: Myyry 1992: Litmanen 1993: Litmanen 1994: Litmanen 1995: Litmanen 1996: Litmanen 1997: Litmanen 1998: Litmanen 1999: Hyypiä 2000: Litmanen 2001: Hyypiä 2002: Hyypiä 2003: Hyypiä 2004: Niemi 2005: Hyypiä 2006: Hyypiä 2007: Jääskeläinen 2008: Hyypiä 2009: Hyypiä 2010: Hyypiä 2011: Eremenko 2012: Moisander 2013: Moisander 2014: Eremenko 2015: Sparv 2016: Hradecky 2017: Hradecky 2018: Hradecky 2019: Pukki 2020: Pukki 2021: Hradecky 2022: Kamara 2023: Hradecky

v t e FC Honka – managers
Europaeus (2001–03) Talat (2004) Lehkosuo (2005–14) Kuqi (2014) Rantala (2015–16) Vasara (2016–23) Väyrynen (2024) Pinto (2025–)

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