Ari Hjelm

Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born February 24, 1962 in Tampere) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga.

A forward, Hjelm played in the German Bundesliga for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 1988-89 season. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Kickers (1989-90) and FC St. Pauli (1992-94). In Finland Hjelm represented FC Ilves (1981-88 and 1990-94) and HJK Helsinki (1995-96).

Hjelm earned 100 caps for the Finnish national team. He held the record for most caps for Finland a decade, before being overtaken by Jari Litmanen in 2006. He is also the second highest scorer for Finland (after Litmanen) with 20 goals. Hjelm is an honorary captain of the Finnish national team.

Honours

As player

*Finnish Championship: 1983
*Finnish Cup: 1990, 1996
*Finnish Player of the Year: 1987
*Honorary captain of the Finnish national team

As coach

*Finnish Championship: 2001, 2006, 2007
*Finnish Cup: 2007

External links

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hjelmarijuhani/ Ari Hjelm - Fussballdaten]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/hjelm-intl.html Hjelm's international appearances at RSSSF]