Jyrki Ahola

Jyrki Ahola
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-29) 29 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Riihimäki, Finland
Team information
Current team
Ilves (scout)
Managerial career
Years Team
2018–2019 Klubi 04 (assistant)
2020–2021 AC Oulu
2022 RiPS
2023 JäPS
2023– Ilves (scout)

Jyrki Ahola (born 29 November 1971) is a Finnish football scout and a former manager. He is currently working as a scout for Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Ahola has obtained a UEFA Pro -coaching license.

Career

Ahola started his coaching career in his hometown club Riihimäen Palloseura (RiPS) in 1987.

In 2001, he joined HJK Helsinki organisation.

He has worked as a coaching director of Kuusysi in 2017, and as an assistant coach for Mikko Mannila in HJK Klubi 04 in 2018–2019.[1]

Ahola was named the manager of AC Oulu in late 2019 on a two-year deal with a one-year option,[2] starting in the 2020 Ykkönen season in Finnish second-tier.[3] He managed the club to win the Ykkönen title and earn a promotion to Veikkausliiga. The next season in the top-tier was difficult for the team and eventually he was dismissed in September 2021.[4]

Later in the same year, he returned to his hometown Riihimäki and was named the coaching director and the first team head coach of his former club RiPS in the fourth-tier Kolmonen.[5][6] In the early 2022, while coaching a training session for the team, Ahola suffered a life-threatening heart attack, and survived the incident after a 48-minute-long resuscitation.[7]

He was named the head coach of Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) for the 2023 Ykkönen season,[8] winning a pre-season league cup, Ykköscup, title. However, he was forced to leave the club in the late May, for personal health reasons.[9]

Since November 2023, Ahola has worked in the scouting team of Veikkausliiga club Ilves.[10]

Managerial statistics

As of 28 May 2023
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
AC Oulu Finland 1 January 2020 25 September 2021 52 24 10 18 70 60 +10 046.15
RiPS Finland 1 January 2022 31 December 2022 15 4 2 9 25 36 −11 026.67
JäPS Finland 1 January 2023 28 May 2023 15 10 0 5 34 22 +12 066.67
Total 82 38 12 32 129 118 +11 046.34

Honours

AC Oulu

JäPS

  • Ykköscup: 2023

References