Hannu Patronen

Hannu Patronen
	Patronen with HJK in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Hannu Jarl Johannes Patronen
Date of birth	23 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Järvenpää, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Honka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2008	Honka
2008–2011	Helsingborg
2012–2016	Sogndal
2017–2018	HJK
2019–2021	HIFK
International career
2011–2016	Finland
Managerial career
2021–	VJS (assistant)
	Finland U19 (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hannu Patronen (born 23 May 1984) is a Finnish football coach and a former footballer who played as a centre back. He has previously played as a defensive midfielder, and spent time with the Finnish side FC Honka, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF and Norwegian side Sogndal Fotball. Patronen has been capped at international level for Finland.

Career

He made 47 caps for his Finnish club side FC Honka before agreeing on a move to Allsvenskan outfit Helsingborgs IF on 12 July 2008. Patronen signed a 3,5 years long contract with the Swedes for a transfer fee of €322,500.^[3] Patronen made his debut with Helsingborg on 15 July 2008 at home against AIK and played for 90 minutes, when his new club won 2–1.

After playing 44 matches and scoring two goals in Allsvenskan with Helsingborg, Patronen was signed on a two-year contract by the Norwegian Tippeligaen side Sogndal ahead of the 2012 season as the replacement for Even Hovland, who had transferred to the reigning Tippeligaen champions Molde.^[4] Patronen soon became an integral part of Sogndal's central defence, and he played 54 matches and scored two goals in Tippeligaen during his two first seasons with the club. After his two-year contract expired he signed a one-year extension with Sogndal, which kept him to the club to the end of the 2014 season.^[5]

Patronen signed for Helsinki IFK 27 December 2018.^[6]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Honka	2002	Ykkönen	5	0	0	0	–		5	0
	2003	Ykkönen	11	0	0	0	–		11	0
	2004	Ykkönen	16	5	0	0	–		16	5
	2005	Ykkönen	22	0	0	0	–		22	0
	2006	Veikkausliiga	21	0	0	0	–		21	0
	2007	Veikkausliiga	16	2	0	0	3^[a]	0	19	2
	2008	Veikkausliiga	10	0	–		–		10	0
	Total		101	7	0	0	3	0	170	10
Helsingborg	2008	Allsvenskan	17	1	2	0	–		19	1
	2009	Allsvenskan	12	0	0	0	2^[b]	0	14	0
	2010	Allsvenskan	11	0	1	0	–		12	0
	2011	Allsvenskan	6	1	1	0	1^[b]	0	8	1
	Total		46	2	4	0	3	0	53	2
Sogndal	2012	Tippeligaen	28	2	0	0	–		28	2
	2013	Tippeligaen	24	1	4	0	–		28	1
	2014	Tippeligaen	22	0	2	0	–		24	0
	2015	1. divisjon	25	4	0	0	–		25	4
	2016	Tippeligaen	22	1	1	0	–		23	1
	Total		121	8	5	0	0	0	126	8
HJK Helsinki	2017	Veikkausliiga	15	3	4	0	3^[b]	0	22	3
	2018	Veikkausliiga	20	1	2	1	5^[c]	0	27	2
	Total		35	4	6	1	8	0	49	5
HIFK	2019	Veikkausliiga	22	0	1	0	–		23	0
	2020	Veikkausliiga	17	1	3	0	–		20	1
	2021	Veikkausliiga	1	0	2	0	–		3	0
	Total		40	1	6	0	–	–	46	1
Career Total			167	10	23	1	6	0	196	11

^ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c Includes UEFA Europa League
^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

Individual

Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2017^[7]

References

^ Vantaan Jalkapalloseuran talenttivalmentaja Hannu Patronen: Näillä muutoksilla Suomesta kypsyisi enemmän pelaajia huippuliigoihin, Vantaan Sanomat]], 29 April 2023
^ Finland U19, palloliitto.fi, Finnish FA
^ Hongan maalivahti Tomi Maanoja siirtyy AIK:hon, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 July 2008
^ Dyregrov, Silje (24 January 2012). "Sogndal signerte Hovland-erstatter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Løset, Oddleif (2 December 2013). "Forsvarsklippe forlengar med Sogndal". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Hannu Patronen ja HIFK sopimukseen, hifkfotboll.fi, 27 December 2018
^ "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.

External links

Media related to Hannu Patronen at Wikimedia Commons
Hannu Patronen at Soccerway
Hannu Patronen at National-Football-Teams.com
hif.se at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 December 2011)

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[ui-7] Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup

[uel-8] Includes UEFA Europa League

[ucel-9] Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

[1] Vantaan Jalkapalloseuran talenttivalmentaja Hannu Patronen: Näillä muutoksilla Suomesta kypsyisi enemmän pelaajia huippuliigoihin, Vantaan Sanomat]], 29 April 2023

[2] Finland U19, palloliitto.fi, Finnish FA

[3] Hongan maalivahti Tomi Maanoja siirtyy AIK:hon, Ilta-Sanomat, 29 July 2008

[4] Dyregrov, Silje (24 January 2012). "Sogndal signerte Hovland-erstatter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[5] Løset, Oddleif (2 December 2013). "Forsvarsklippe forlengar med Sogndal". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[6] Hannu Patronen ja HIFK sopimukseen, hifkfotboll.fi, 27 December 2018

[10] "Jalkapallolehdistön tähdistö valittiin – KuPS sai hopeaa, Ilves pronssia ja Lahtikin pääsee europeleihin – Päivän Lehti". www.paivanlehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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