Aleksandr Kokko

Aleksandr Kokko
Personal information
Date of birth 6 April 1987 (1987-04-06) (age 24)
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club VPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 FC Jazz 1 (0)
2004-2006 FC PoPa
2006 FC Hämeenlinna
2007–2010 FC Honka 58 (17)
2010 FC PoPa (loan) 7 (5)
2011 VPS 7 (2)
National team
2008– Finland U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 August 2009

Aleksandr Kokko (born 4 June 1987 in Leningrad) is a Soviet Union-born Finnish footballer who plays as a striker. He is half Ingrian Finn and emigrated to Finland at the age of ten. Kokko represents VPS in Veikkausliiga, the premier division of Finnish football.

Kokko made his first appearance in the Finnish top flight at the age of 17 with FC Jazz. He joined FC Honka before the 2007 season and made six appearances for the club during his first season. On 5 May 2008 he scored a hat-trick when FC Honka beat FC Haka in a league match by the scoreline of 7 - 0. Those were his first goals in the Finnish Premier Division. Kokko was the top goalscorer in the 2008 season of Veikkausliiga with 13 goals.

In August 2010 Kokko was loaned to FC PoPa.

Kokko made his debut for the Finnish national under-21 team on 20 August 2008 in a match against Sweden.[1]

In January 2009, IS Veikkaaja told that Real Betis was planning to make a loan offer for Kokko.[2]

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