Okkonen started youth career in
Oulun Luistinseura. He made his debut on the club's OPS representative team in the second season in 1998. He made his
league debut at
Myllykoski Pallo in the year
2000. In MyPa's shirt, Okkonen won one Finnish Championship silver and two Finnish Championship bronzes during three seasons (2000-2003). From
Myllykoski, Okkonen moved to Sweden in the team of
Landskrona for four (2004-2007) seasons. In the first half of 2007, he was on loan in
Silkeborg, Denmark. In January
2008, Okkonen moved to the Belgian
RAEC Mons, where he played for one and a half seasons. In August
2009, he returned to MyPa with a contract for the rest of the season, which was extended for two years at the end of the period. For the
2012 season, Okkonen joined the team of the reigning Finnish champion
Helsinki Football Club, where he also won the only Finnish championship in his career. After the championship season, Okkonen moved to the
Rovaniemi Football Club, where he would play his final years. He managed to play 6 seasons (2013-2018) in RoPS, during this period he won the
Finnish Cup 2013 and two Finnish Championship silver medals in
2015 and
2018. He also served as the team's
captain. During his career in
Veikkausliiga, Okkonen played more than 300 matches and played 13 national matches in the
Finnish national team. He has also played 18 youth and 56 boys national matches. Okkonen participated in the Finnish team at the
2001 World Championships for under-20s. After the end of his player career, Antti Okkonen continued his cooperation with the RoPS and currently works as a junior manager and is responsible for the activities of 7-12 year olds. == Career statistics ==