Antti Peltonen
.jpg) Peltonen in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Ylöjärvi, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ilves | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Atlantis | 11 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Jaro | 16 | (0) |
| 2005 | PP-70 | 11 | (0) |
| 2005 | Lahti | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | VPS | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | KPV | 16 | (0) |
| 2008 | Viikingit | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Lapuan Virkiä | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | TPV | 36 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Finland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | Finland U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | Finland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | SJK (mental coach) | ||
| 2020–2022 | HJK (mental coach) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Raufoss IL (mental coach) | ||
| 2024– | SJK (mental coach) | ||
| 2024– | Heerenveen women (mental coach) | ||
| 2025– | Tromsø IL Academy (mental coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2024 | |||
Antti Peltonen (born 22 April 1984) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently working as a mental coach for Dutch club Heerenveen women, for Norwegian club Tromsø IL academy and for Finnish club SJK Seinäjoki.
Playing career
[edit]Peltonen played in the youth program of Ilves in Tampere. During his senior career, he played in top-tier Veikkausliiga for Atlantis, Jaro, Lahti and Vaasan Palloseura (VPS). He has also represented PP-70, KPV, Viikingit, Lapuan Virkiä and TPV in lower divisions.
He has also represented Finland at under-17, under-18 and under-21 youth international levels. Peltonen represented Finland at the European Under-16 Championship in England in 2001, the European Championship qualifiers in Latvia in 2002, and the High School World Championship in Italy in 2001.
Coaching career
[edit]Peltonen was the first Finnish mental coach in the Veikkausliiga, working for SJK Seinäjoki, where they won the Finnish Cup and the Veikkausliiga bronze medal. In 2018-2019, Peltonen worked as a sports therapist for the Football Players' Association, Jalkapallon pelaajayhdistys.
From 2020 to 2022, Peltonen worked for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki, winning three consecutive Finnish championships and the Finnish Cup.
In the summer of 2023, Peltonen became the first Finnish mental health professional in a foreign football organization when he started working for Raufoss IL, which plays in the Norwegian second tier. In the 2023 season, Raufoss reached 9th place in the league and the quarter-finals of the Norwegian Cup, and in the 2024 season, they reached 8th place and the quarter-finals of the cup.
In September 2024, Peltonen started also working for the women's team of Heerenveen. In addition, he is also working part time with SJK Seinäjoki.
In early 2025, Peltonen began working at the academy of Tromsø IL.[1][2][3]
Peltonen is a DipHE by education.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Peltonen has previously been part of a Finnish male show dance group Scandinavian Hunks.[5] He was also the Bachelor in the Finnish version of the Bachelor reality TV-show in 2008.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Antti Peltonen, 39, on harvinainen mielen mestari – Kun ylöjärveläinen luovutti täysin, syntyi historialliseen pestiin vienyt oivallus, Aamulehti, 19 September 2023
- ^ Kun suomalaishuipun mieli järkkyy, hän kääntyy usein tämän miehen puoleen – nyt Antti Peltonen värvättiin ulkomaille: "Haluan tehdä kovan kansainvälisen uran", mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 14 June 2023
- ^ “Psyykkiset taidot ovat ratkaisevin tekijä huipulle murtautumisessa” – nyt ulkomaisiin huippuseuroihin psyykkiseksi valmentajaksi ponnistanut Antti Peltonen kertoo miksi, Apu, 22 April 2025
- ^ Jalkapallon suomalainen erityisosaaja teki historiaa – ovia aukeaa nyt tiheään tahtiin: "Se on tärkeä työ", mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 21 September 2024
- ^ Yle: Scandinavian Hunks villitsi vanhuksia helsinkiläisessä palvelukodissa, Karjalainen, 18 January 2018
- ^ Unelmien poikamies Antti Peltonen: Pintaliito on osaltani ohi, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 13 January 2010
- ^ Muistatko Unelmien poikamies -Antin? Työskentelee nykyään suomalaisessa huippuseurassa, Ilta-Sanomat, 12 October 2016
- ^ ”Unelmien poikamies” kouri rintoja baarissa - sai nyrkistä, Iltalehti, 14 May 2009
External links
[edit]- 1984 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Sportspeople from Ylöjärvi
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finnish football coaches
- Ilves (football) players
- FF Jaro players
- Atlantis FC players
- Tampereen Pallo-Veikot players
- FC Lahti players
- Jakobstads BK players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- FC Kiisto players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- FC Viikingit players
- Lapuan Virkiä players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi non-playing staff
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho non-playing staff
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Tampereen Peli-Pojat-70 players
- Reality television participants
- Finnish male dancers