Ilkka Mäkelä

Finnish football manager, former player, and coach

Ilkka Mäkelä
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-06-25) 25 June 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Elimäki, Finland
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	MyPa (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1982	MP	?	(?)
1983	Kuusysi	27	(12)
1984	MP	22	(7)
1985–1989	Haka	98	(13)
1988	Wettingen	?	(?)
1990–1996	MP	159	(7)
1997–1999	RoPS	77	(2)
2000	Lahti	27	(0)
2001–2003	MYPA	7	(0)
International career
	Finland U-21	15	(?)
	Finland^[1]	11	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2003	MyPa (player-assistant)
2004–2007	MyPa
2008–2010	Lahti
2011–2013	Finland U15
2011–2013	Finland U16
2011–2013	Finland U17
2015–2017	MP
2020	MyPa
2023–	MP (club president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilkka Mäkelä (born 25 June 1963, in Elimäki) is a Finnish football manager, former player, and current club president of Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP).

Coaching career

He was sacked after the 2010 season as FC Lahti were relegated to Ykkönen. On 20 December 2010 he signed a three-year contract with Finnish FA, taking the Finland's U15, U16 and U17 teams under his management.^[2]

On 19 November 2019 MyPa confirmed, that Mäkelä would return as the club's manager for the 2020 season.^[3]

References

^ "Ilkka Makela - Suomen Jalkapallovalmentajat". Archived from the original on 7 April 2010.
^ Mäkelä takes charge at Finland youth (in Finnish)
^ Ilkka Mäkelä on MYPAn uusi päävalmentaja, mypa.fi, 19 November 2019