Jussi Nuorela (born 11 August 1974) is a Finnish professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of VPS in the Veikkausliiga.
Club career Nuorela began his professional career with Haka in the Veikkausliiga. Besides his native Finland, Nuorela played in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, and Switzerland. He retired from professional playing career after the 2009 season and started as a youth coach at Inter Turku.
International career Nuorela has made 20 appearances for the Finland national football team, debuting coming in a friendly match against Qatar on 25 January 1994. He scored one goal, in a friendly match against Oman on 18 February 2001.
Coaching career Nuorela started coaching as a U19 coach for Inter Turku, additionally coaching the club's reserve team Sinimustat. In 2011–12 he served as the head coach of FC Espoo, and in 2013 as an assistant coach of TPS. During 2014–2020, he worked as a youth coach of TPS and Inter Turku.
On 18 June 2021, Nuorela was promoted to the position of the head coach of Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) in the Finnish second-tier Ykkönen. He led the club to the promotion to the top-level Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2021 season.
In the 2023 Veikkausliiga season, Nuorela led VPS to the record-tying streak of 12 victories,VPS:n jättimäinen voittoputki katkesi viimein, Helsingin Sanomat, 29 September 2023 and managed the club to finish 3rd in the league and thus qualifying for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. He was named the Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month in three consecutive times in July, August and September 2023, and ultimately he was named the Finnish Football Manager of the Year and Veikkausliiga Manager of the Year.
Personal life His son Josep Nuorela is a footballer playing for VPS, and his younger son Luka plays for VPS U19 youth team.Vaasassa kiertää ilkeitä huhuja VPS:n Nuoreloista – ”Henkilökohtaiset suhteet eivät pääse vaikuttamaan”, ilkkapohjalainen.fi, 9 June 2021
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHaka1991Veikkausliiga2000——201992Veikkausliiga32300——3231993Veikkausliiga10200——1021994Veikkausliiga17000——170Total615——615EVV Eindhoven (loan)1993–94Eerste Divisie70———70Groningen1994–95Eredivisie8000——80Haka1995Veikkausliiga7000——701996Veikkausliiga2530030—253Total323003000353Twente1996–97Eerste Divisie91——91PEC Zwolle1997–98Eredivisie231——2311998–99Eerste Divisie11010—50170Total341100050402Fortuna Düsseldorf1999–2000Regionalliga West-Südwest26020——280MyPa2000Veikkausliiga14300——1432001Veikkausliiga3140020—334Total457002000477Malmö FF2002Allsvenskan150——1502003Allsvenskan7010—80Total220001000230Silkeborg (loan)2002–03Danish Superliga50———50Elazığspor2003–04Süper Lig110———110FC Vaduz2004–05Swiss Challenge League26142—10313TPS2005Veikkausliiga6010——702006Veikkausliiga24200——2422007Veikkausliiga14100——141Total443000000443Inter Turku2008Veikkausliiga7000——702009Veikkausliiga0000—1010Total7000001080PoPa2009Ykkönen1000——10Career total3442082607036522
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsFinland199430199520199600199750199800199900200000200151200230200320Total8442
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nuorela goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Jussi NuorelaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition118 February 2001Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman1–02–1Friendly
Managerial
TeamNatFromToRecordPWDLW%VPS18 June 2021presentTotal
Managerial achievements VPS Veikkausliiga: 2023 3rd place Ykkönen: 2021
Individual Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2023 Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023 Veikkausliiga Manager of the Year: 2023VPS:n Peter Michael Vuoden Liigapelaaja, Veikkausliiga, 1 December 2023 Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: July 2023, August 2023,Jussi Nuorela valittu Veikkausliigan lokakuun valmentajaksi October 2023Tässä on Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja
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