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Joonas Kolkka

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1974)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joonas Kolkka

| image =

| fullname = Joonas Einari Kolkka

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|9|28}}

| birth_place = Lahti, Finland

| height = 1.74m

| currentclub =

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Reipas Lahti

| years1 = 1991–1993

| clubs1 = Reipas Lahti

| caps1 = 34

| goals1 = 19

| years2 = 1993–1995

| clubs2 = MyPa

| caps2 = 43

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1996–1998

| clubs3 = Willem II

| caps3 = 68

| goals3 = 16

| years4 = 1998–2001

| clubs4 = PSV

| caps4 = 78

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2001–2003

| clubs5 = Panathinaikos

| caps5 = 45

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2003–2004

| clubs6 = Borussia M'gladbach

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2004–2005

| clubs7 = Crystal Palace

| caps7 = 26

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2005–2006

| clubs8 = ADO Den Haag

| caps8 = 31

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2006–2007

| clubs9 = Feyenoord

| caps9 = 22

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2007–2011

| clubs10 = NAC Breda

| caps10 = 113

| goals10 = 8

| years11 = 2011–2012

| clubs11 = Willem II

| caps11 = 13

| goals11= 1

| years12 = 2012

| clubs12 = Texas Dutch Lions

| caps12 = 15

| goals12 = 2

| totalcaps = 516

| totalgoals = 92

| nationalyears1 = 1994–2010{{cite web | url =https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kolkka-intlg.html | title = Joonas Kolkka - International Appearances | accessdate = 3 May 2012 | publisher = The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

| nationalteam1 = Finland

| nationalcaps1 = 98

| nationalgoals1 = 11

}}

Joonas Einari Kolkka (born 28 September 1974) is a Finnish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger most of his career, but could also play on the right wing. Having started his career in his native Finland, he went on to play for several clubs in the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, England, and the USA.

Club career

Born in Lahti, Kolkka started his career with Reipas Lahti and MyPa in Finland's Veikkausliiga. He won the Finnish Cup with MyPa in 1995 before joining Netherlands' Willem II the same year. In 1998 Kolkka joined Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on a four-year contract.{{cite news |last1=Damström |first1=Annika |title=Joonas Kolkan uudeksi seuraksi PSV Eindhoven |trans-title=The new company of Joonas Kolka is PSV Eindhoven |url=https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000003696185.html |access-date=19 May 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=16 February 1998 |language=fi}} At PSV he won two league championships and got to play in the UEFA Champions League. Kolkka then moved to Greek side Panathinaikos in 2001 for a transfer fee of €2.3 million,[https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/teams/gr/panathinaikos/transfers/most-expensive Panathinaikos Most Expensive Transfers] and he spent two seasons there. After leaving Greece, Kolkka played a season each for Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga, and in Crystal Palace of the English Premier League, to which he transferred for a fee of €750.000.[https://tribuna.com/en/league/bundesliga/transfers/2004-summer/ Bundesliga Transfers 2004 - Summer], tribuna.com He scored at both Anfield{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3988121.stm

|title=Liverpool 3–2 Crystal Palace |publisher=BBC |date=13 November 2004 |accessdate=5 November 2009}} and Old Trafford{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4088009.stm |title=Man Utd 5–2 Crystal Palace |publisher=BBC |date=18 December 2004 |accessdate=5 November 2009}} during his stay at the club, and also scored in the thrilling 3–3 draw with Norwich.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4427541.stm |title=Crystal Palace 3–3 Norwich |publisher=BBC |date=16 April 2005 |accessdate=5 November 2009}} He was released by Palace, and returned to the Netherlands in 2005, signing a one-year deal with ADO Den Haag. After an impressive season with ADO, he was signed by Dutch side Feyenoord in the summer of 2006, and played until summer 2011 for NAC Breda. In 2011, he was signed by his former club, Willem II, being employed as a player and a sales manager of the club.

On 4 May 2012, it was announced that Kolkka had signed a three-month-contract with Texas Dutch Lions, in the third level of American football (not Dayton Dutch Lions).{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} After his contract with the Dutch Lions expired, Kolkka returned to the Netherlands, working as a youth coach for his former club PSV.

International career

Kolkka made his debut for the Finland national team on 26 October 1994 against Estonia, and was a regular in the Finland lineup until 2010.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|31 December 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, KNVB Beker, Kypello Elladas and DFB-Pokal}}

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Reipas Lahti

|1991

|Veikkausliiga

|4

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
1992

|Ykkönen

|colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1993

|Kakkonen

|colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
colspan="2"|Total

!34

19colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3419
rowspan="3"|MyPa

|1994

|Veikkausliiga

|21

1100002{{efn|Includes UEFA Cup|name=uc}}22313
1995

|Veikkausliiga

|22

600004{{efn|name=uc}}0266
colspan="2"|Total

!43

170000624919
rowspan="4"|Willem II

|1995–96

|Eredivisie

|7

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
1996–97

|Eredivisie

|32

700colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—327
1997–98

|Eredivisie

|29

900colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—299
colspan="2"|Total

!68

160000006816
rowspan="4"|PSV

|1998–99

|Eredivisie

|19

1301{{efn|Includes Johan Cruyff Shield|name=jcs}}07{{efn|Includes UEFA Champions League|name=ucl}}0301
1999–00

|Eredivisie

|32

500colspan="2"|—6{{efn|name=ucl}}0385
2000–01

|Eredivisie

|27

430colspan="2"|—11{{efn|Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup|name=uccl}}0414
colspan="2"|Total

!78

10601024010910
rowspan="3"|Panathninaikos

|2001–02

|Super League Greece

|23

241colspan="2"|—12{{efn|name=ucl}}1394
2002–03

|Super League Greece

|22

170colspan="2"|—5{{efn|name=uc}}0341
colspan="2"|Total

!45

311100171735
Borussia Mönchengladbach

|2003–04

|Bundesliga

|28

251colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—333
rowspan="3"|Crystal Palace

|2004–05

|Premier League

|23

3001{{efn|Includes EFL League Cup|name=elc}}0colspan="2"|—243
2005–06

|Championship

|3

0001{{efn|name=elc}}0colspan="2"|—40
colspan="2"|Total

!26

3002000283
ADO Den Haag

|2005–06

|Eredivisie

|31

8colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—318
Feyenoord

|2006–07

|Eredivisie

|22

300104{{efn|name=uc}}0273
rowspan="5"|NAC Breda

|2007–08

|Eredivisie

|32

25050colspan="2"|—422
2008–09

|Eredivisie

|30

351412{{efn|Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup|name=ui}}0415
2009–10

|Eredivisie

|31

030005{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa League|name=uel}}0390
2010–11

|Eredivisie

|20

330colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—233
colspan="2"|Total

!113

8161917014610
Willem II

|2011–12

|Eerste Divisie

|13

110colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—141
Texas Dutch Lions

|2012

|USL PDL

|15

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—152
colspan="3"|Career total

!516

9039213158362496

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web|url=http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/kolkka_joonas/ |title=Kolkka Joonas |publisher=palloliitto.fi |language=Finnish |accessdate=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320125621/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/kolkka_joonas// |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="17"|Finland

|1994

21
199521
199651
199720
199871
199972
200060
200162
200271
200392
200490
200540
200680
200790
200870
200970
201010
colspan="2"|Total9811

:Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kolkka goal.{{cite web | url = http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/kolkka_joonas// | title = Kolkka Joonas | language = Finnish | accessdate = 20 August 2011 | publisher = Suomen Palloliitto (Football Association of Finland) | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110814000347/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/kolkka_joonas/ | archivedate = 14 August 2011 | df = dmy-all }}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Joonas Kolkka

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|126 October 1994Tallinn, Estonia{{fb|EST}}align="center"|7–0Friendly
align="center"|216 February 1995Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.{{fb|TRI}}align="center"|2–2Friendly
align="center"|36 October 1996Helsinki, Finland{{fb|SUI}}align="center"|2–31998 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|45 September 1998Helsinki, Finland{{fb|MDA}}align="center"|3–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|5rowspan="2"|9 October 1999rowspan="2"|Helsinki, Finlandrowspan="2"|{{fb|NIR}}rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|6
align="center"|715 August 2001Helsinki, Finland{{fb|BEL}}align="center"|4–1Friendly
align="center"|85 September 2001Helsinki, Finland{{fb|GRE}}align="center"|5–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|927 March 2002Porto, Portugal{{fb|POR}}align="center"|4–1Friendly
align="center"|107 June 2003Helsinki, Finland{{fb|SCG}}align="center"|3–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
align="center"|1111 October 2003Tampere, Finland{{fb|CAN}}align="center"|3–2Friendly

Honours

MyPa

PSV

Finland

  • Nordic Football Championship: 2000–01{{ cite web | url =https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24564 | title = Finland-Norway{{!}}Line-ups{{!}} | access-date = 6 December 2020}}{{ cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nord2001.html | title = Tournament table |access-date = 6 December 2020}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{UEFA player|13799}}
  • {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814000347/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/kolkka_joonas/ |title=Profile at FA of Finland's official website}} {{in lang|fi}}
  • {{ESPN FC|102685}}

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