Jarkko Hurme

Jarkko Hurme
	Hurme with SJK in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Jarkko Erkki Tapani Hurme
Date of birth	4 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Oulu, Finland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	OLS
2004	AC Oulu
2005	RoPS
2006–2007	Udinese
2007–2009	Hellas Verona
2009–2010	AC Oulu
2011–2013	TPS
2014–2015	Odd
2016–2019	SJK
2020	KPV
2021	AC Oulu
International career‡
2012–2016	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2014

Jarkko Erkki Hurme (born 4 June 1986) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender, primarily as a right back.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Born in Oulu, Hurme, a right back, started his career at OLS Oulu and AC Oulu, before moving to Veikkausliiga club RoPS for the 2005 season. He then transferred to Udinese Calcio of the Italian Serie A on 1 January 2006. He played for Hellas Verona in Serie C1 during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons.^[3] In the summer 2009 he returned to AC Oulu and helped them to win Ykkönen.

Hurme later played for TPS, where he was the team's captain. He signed a two-year contract with the Norwegian Tippeligaen side Odd ahead of the 2014 season.^[4] He made his league debut on 20 May 2014, starting against Aalesund FK, helping his side to a 2–1 win at home.

International career

Hurme was a regular for the Finnish Under-21 national team. He also played for Finland at the FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003.

Hurme earned his first cap for Finland in 2012 Baltic Cup against Estonia on 1 June 2012 in Tartu, Estonia. He came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.^[5] He scored his first international goal in a home game against Greece in the Euro 2016 Qualifiers on 11 October 2014.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2024.^[6]^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OLS Oulu	2003	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	2004	Kakkonen	18	0	–		–		–		18	0
	Total		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
RoPS	2005	Veikkausliiga	20	0	–		–		–		20	0
Udinese	2005–06	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–
	2006–07	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hellas Verona	2007–08	Serie C	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
AC Oulu	2009	Ykkönen	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
	2010	Veikkausliiga	24	0	0	0	2	0	–		26	0
	Total		33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
TPS	2011	Veikkausliiga	30	1	0	0	–		2^[c]	0	32	1
	2012	Veikkausliiga	27	0	1	0	8	0	–		35	0
	2013	Veikkausliiga	24	0	1	0	6	0	2^[c]	0	33	0
	Total		81	1	2	0	14	0	4	0	101	1
Odd	2014	Tippeligaen	13	1	6	0	–		–		19	1
	2015	Tippeligaen	2	0	2	0	–		1^[c]	0	5	0
	Total		15	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	24	1
Odd 2	2014	2. divisjon	10	1	–		–		–		10	1
	2015	2. divisjon	16	1	–		–		–		16	1
	Total		26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2
SJK	2016	Veikkausliiga	26	1	4	0	5	0	2^[d]	0	37	1
	2017	Veikkausliiga	24	1	1	0	–		2^[c]	0	27	1
	2018	Veikkausliiga	17	0	6	0	–		–		23	0
	2019	Veikkausliiga	8	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
	Total		75	2	11	0	5	0	4	0	95	2
SJK Akatemia	2019	Kakkonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
KPV	2020	Ykkönen	18	0	2	0	–		–		20	0
AC Oulu	2021	Veikkausliiga	9	0	3	0	–		–		12	0
Career total			309	6	26	0	21	0	9	0	365	6

^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
^ Includes Finnish League Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International goals

Scores and results lists Finland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2014	Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland	Greece	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

TPS

Finnish League Cup: 2012

SJK

Finnish Cup: 2016

Individual

Veikkausliiga Best defender: 2012^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jarkko Hurme at WorldFootball.net
^ Jarkko Hurme at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "Calciomercato, Hurme arriva in gialloblù". hellasverona.it (in Italian). 26 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Finsk landslagsback til Odd". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ "Suomelle taisteluvoitto Virosta". palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 13 March 2013.
^ Jarkko Hurme at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Jarkko Hurme stats, Finnish FA
^ Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)