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Jarmo Matikainen
Jarmo Matikainen (born 21 February 1960) is a Finnish football coach and former player. Matikainen made over 400 league and cup appearances in a long playing career which included a season at First division (second tier of Finnish competition) with KontU in 1988.[1] He scored nine league goals in 1987 and 12 league goals in 1990 for Helsingin Ponnistus.[2] Matikainen later player–coached Vuosaaren Viikingit from the fourth division to the second division (third level of Finnish league football).[3] Matikainen also managed his first club Helsingin Ponnistus before taking a job with the Football Association of Finland in 1999.[3][4] Matikainen successfully coached the Finland U–17 and U–19 teams and was assistant coach of the senior team which reached the UEFA Women's Euro 2005 semi-final.[3] In August 2010, it was announced that Matikainen was to take over as Wales' first ever full-time head of national teams on 4 October 2010.[5] As well as overseeing the senior team's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying campaign, Matikainen assumed direct responsibility for the U–17 and U–19 teams. The holder of a UEFA Pro Licence, Matikainen was also tasked by the Football Association of Wales with helping to develop an overall strategy for women's football in Wales.[6] He announced his departure from the Wales job in January 2014,[7] and backed the Football Association of Wales' decision to appoint Jayne Ludlow as his successor.[8] He later managed the Estonia women's national football team from 2017 to 2021. References
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