| Jussi-Pekka Savolainen | |
| Birth Date: | 1986 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rauma, Finland |
| Height: | 1.730NaN0 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Pallo-Iirot |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Years1: | 2004–2007 |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Years3: | 2010 |
| Years4: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Tampere United |
| Clubs2: | KuPS |
| Clubs3: | VPS |
| Clubs4: | Pallo-Iirot |
| Caps1: | 35 |
| Caps2: | 46 |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Caps4: | 56 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 19 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U17 |
| Manageryears1: | 2015–2021 |
| Managerclubs1: | KäPa (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs2: | KäPa (coaching director) |
| Manageryears3: | 2023 |
| Managerclubs3: | AC Oulu (assistant) |
| Manageryears4: | 2023 |
| Managerclubs4: | AC Oulu (interim) |
| Manageryears5: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs5: | Inter Turku II |
| Pcupdate: | 26 November 2021 |
Jussi-Pekka Savolainen (born 25 June 1986) is a Finnish football coach and former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He is currently working as the head coach of Inter Turku II reserve team in Kakkonen.
Savolainen is a left-sided attacking midfield player. He represented Finland at under-17 level and played for them in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which were held in Finland.
Savolainen worked as a youth coach of Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) in various age brackets from 2015 to 2021. He was also the coaching director of the club in 2020–2021.[2] After the 2021 season, he announced that would spent the next season on study leave.[3]
He was named an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu on 11 November 2022.[4] After the sacking of Ricardo Duarte in August 2023, Savolainen was named the interim head coach of the club with Rauno Ojanen for the rest of the season.[5]
On 30 November 2023, Savolainen was appointed the head coach of Inter Turku II reserve team in Kakkonen.[6]
Savolainen has also written books about football.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tampere United | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |||
| FC Hämeenlinna (loan) | 2006 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| KuPS | 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 3 | – | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 6 | |||
| VPS | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 2 | |||
| Pallo-Iirot | 2011 | Kakkonen | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 2012 | Kakkonen | 20 | 9 | – | – | – | 20 | 9 | |||||
| 2013 | Kakkonen | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | 24 | 6 | |||||
| 2014 | Kakkonen | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 19 | |||
| Career total | 161 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 175 | 28 | |||