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Markku Peltoniemi

Markku Peltoniemi is a Finnish former footballer and a former sporting director for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Peltoniemi was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2022.

Career
Peltoniemi grew up in Töölö area in Helsinki and joined Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, the club he supported, as a 12 years old, youngest possible youth team at the time. He went through HJK youth teams and was promoted to first team in 1965 season. In he's first season he scored against Manchester United in a European cup tie. He spend 11 seasons playing for HJK in Finnish top flight mestaruussarja before being released from the club. For three seasons in 1976-1978 he played for another local club Helsingin Palloseura in first and second division before a single season in Vantaan Pallo. In 1980 he started as a sporting director for HJK and has hold that position for over 40 years. As an amateur footballer, alongside he's football career Peltoniemi also worked in banking industry. He earned 5 caps for Finland's youth national teams. ==Honours==
Honours
As playerFinnish Championship: 1973 • Finnish Cup: 1966 As sporting directorFinnish Championship: 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020 • Finnish Cup: 1981, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016–17, 2020 IndividualFootball Association of Finland: Captain's Ball 2014 ==References==
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