Petri Vuorinen (born 31 August 1972) is a Finnish football manager and a former player. He is currently working as the sporting director of Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.
Early and personal life Vuorinen was born in Sweden to Finnish parents, who had emigrated to Trollhättan for work. Vuorinen's father suffered from alcoholism. His parents divorced when he was 12 years old, and Vuorinen first moved to Sundsvall with his mother and siblings. A year-and-a-half later they moved back to Vaasa, Finland.
Vuorinen has worked in a school, in a hospital and as a fire officer in Vaasa and Helsinki.Jääräpää yhä vain, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 12 December 2024
Playing career As a player, Vuorinen played as a defensive midfielder in second-tier Ykkönen for BK-IFK, Närpes Kraft and Jaro. With Jaro, they won the promotion to Veikkausliiga, but Vuorinen did not make any appearances in the league due to knee injury. He also played for Wasa-88, Korsholm and Vasa IFK in the lower divisions in the Finnish football league system.
Coaching career Vuorinen started his senior coaching career as an assistant of his hometown club Vasa IFK in 2004. After three years, he first joined Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) as an assistant coach. He worked as assistant to Tomi Kärkkäinen, Tommi Pikkarainen and Olli Huttunen. Vuorinen worked also as a caretaker manager of VPS twice, in 2009 accompanied by sporting director Juha Reini, and in 2011 solely. During 2015–2019, Vuorinen served as the VPS first team head coach in Veikkausliiga.Pikkarainen ja VPS purkivat sopimuksen – Vuorinen vetovastuuseen VPS on irtisanonut päävalmentajansa
In 2020, Vuorinen joined fellow Veikkausliiga club FC Honka, first as a coach. In 2021, he was named the club's sporting director.
For the 2024 season, Vuorinen returned to Vaasa and was appointed a sporting director of his former club VPS.Petri Vuorinen on VPS:n uusi urheilujohtaja, vps.fi, 14 December 2023
On 22 October 2024, he was named the new sporting director of HJK Helsinki, starting in the beginning of November.Petri Vuorinen on HJK:n uusi urheilujohtaja, hjk.fi, 22 October 2024HJK vahvisti uuden urheilujohtajansa nimen, Helsingin Sanomat, 22 October 2024
Managerial statistics Petri Vuorinen coaching stats, veikkausliiga.com
TeamNatFromToRecordVPS15 May 200931 December 2009VPS28 July 201131 December 2011VPS29 June 20157 July 2019Total
Honours Individual Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: July 2016Pyry Soiri kuukauden pelaajaksi
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