Simo Valakari

Riga FC
Manager

Born on : April 28, 1973 (51 years) at Helsinki

Nationality : Finland

Height : 1m80

Weight : 78 kg

Number of international caps : 31

First cap : vs Azerbaijan 08/06/1997

2023-2024
2018

Other photos

Current season statistics (2024)

8 Victories 1 Draws

3 Losses 2 League Ranking

20 Goals for 9 Goals against

Main position
Centre Midfield	0%

Identities

Simo Valakari

Simo Johannes Valakari

Manager careerLast updated on 14/05/2024 at 22:18

V D L

Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
2024	Riga FC	1	11	73%8		27%3	2	25	19	8								1		100%1		Latvijas SuperkaussFinaFinale	1	1								12	67%8	8%1	25%3		20	9
2023	Auda Riga	1	36	44%16	28%10	28%10	3	58	44	39	2		50%1	50%1	Europa Conference League2e t2e tour qualificatif	2	5	2	50%1		50%1	Latvian Cup1/4 1/4 de finale	4	5								40	43%17	28%11	30%12		50	49
2022	KuPS	1	27	63%17	22%6	15%4	2	57	43	21	6	33%2	33%2	33%2	Europa Conference League3e t3e tour	8	8	9	67%6	11%1	22%2	Suomen CupFinaFinale Liigacup1/4 1/4 de finale	17	9								42	60%25	21%9	19%8		68	38
2021	KuPS	1	27	63%17	26%7	11%3	2	58	46	20	8	38%3	38%3	25%2	Europa Conference LeagueBarrBarrages	15	13	6	83%5	17%1		Suomen CupFinaFinale	15	3								41	61%25	27%11	12%5		76	36
2020	Tromsö	2
2019	Tromsö	1	30	27%8	20%6	53%16	15	30	39	58								3	67%2		33%1	Norgesmesterskapet3e t3e tour	10	3								33	30%10	18%6	52%17		49	61
2018	Tromsö	1	30	37%11	10%3	53%16	10	36	41	48								4	75%3	25%1		Norgesmesterskapet1/8 1/8 de finale	8	4								34	41%14	12%4	47%16		49	52
2017	Tromsö	1	15	47%7	20%3	33%5	11	38	26	22								1			100%1	Norgesmesterskapet1/8 1/8 de finale	0	1								16	44%7	19%3	38%6		26	23
2017	SJK																	3	67%2		33%1	Suomen Cup3	14	3								3	67%2		33%1		14	3
2016	SJK	1	33	55%18	18%6	27%9	1	60	51	33	2		50%1	50%1	Champions League2e t2e tour	2	4	11	64%7	36%4		Suomen CupFinaFinale LiigacupFinaFinale	19	7								46	54%25	24%11	22%10		72	44
2015	SJK	1	33	55%18	18%6	27%9	1	60	50	22	2			100%2	(C3) Europa League1er 1er tour	0	2	6	67%4	17%1	17%1	Suomen Cup5e t5e tour Liigacup1/4 1/4 de finale	15	7								41	54%22	17%7	29%12		65	31
2014	SJK	1	33	48%16	33%11	18%6	2	59	40	26								9	56%5	22%2	22%2	Suomen Cup1/4 1/4 de finale LiigacupFinaFinale	11	8								42	50%21	31%13	19%8		51	34
2013	SJK	2	27	67%18	19%5	15%4	1	59	51	17																						27	67%18	19%5	15%4		51	17
2012	SJK	2	5	60%3		40%2	2	44	10	6																						5	60%3		40%2		10	6
Total			307	51%157	21%63	28%87	52	584	460	320	20	25%5	35%7	40%8		27	32	55	64%35	20%11	16%9		114	51								382	52%197	21%81	27%104		601	403

Valakari's career statisticsLast updated on 14/05/2024 at 22:18

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2010

TPS

2009

TPS

Club	Competition															V	D	L
TPS	Veikkausliiga	7					5	3	570	0	100%		27%	5		43%	29%	29%

2008

TPS

2007

TPS

2006

FC Dallas

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FC Dallas	MLS	33		1			43	6	2809	17	97%	1	97%	6		52%	12%	36%
FC Dallas	US Open Cup	2		1			6		163	17	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%

2005

FC Dallas

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FC Dallas	MLS	30		1			41	7	2678	17	100%		88%	9		40%	33%	27%
FC Dallas	US Open Cup	2					1	1	172	17	100%		40%	1	1	50%	50%	0%

2004

Dallas Burn

2293

2516

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Dallas Burn	MLS	26	1	1	2293		39	7	2293	17	100%		87%	8	2	38%	12%	50%
Dallas Burn	US Open Cup	3					3	2	223	17	100%		100%	1		67%	0%	33%

2003/2004

Derby County

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Derby County	League Cup	1	2		90	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Derby County	First Division	20	26	4	1274	70%	6	61%	4	20%	35%	45%
Finland	Friendlies	1	1		45	100%		25%		0%	100%	0%
Finland	Euro Qualifying	1	1		5	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%

2002/2003

Derby County

219

529

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Finland	Friendlies	5			3	3	450	100%		100%		60%	20%	20%
Finland	Euro Qualifying	2			2	1	170	100%		33%	1	50%	0%	50%
Derby County	First Division	6	2	219	7	2	438	83%	1	13%		50%	0%	50%

2001/2002

Derby County

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Derby County	League Cup	1		1	45	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Derby County	Premier League	9	11	2	583	67%	3	24%	1	22%	11%	67%
Finland	Friendlies	4	2		142	25%	3	57%		50%	0%	50%

2000/2001

Derby County

851

1446

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Finland	Nordic Tournament	1			1		55	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Finland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3			2	1	270	100%		60%		33%	33%	33%
Derby County	Premier League	11	1	851	21	2	851	82%	2	29%	3	0%	64%	36%
Derby County	League Cup	3			4	1	270	100%		75%		67%	0%	33%

1999/2000

Motherwell

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Finland	Euro Qualifying	1							4	0	0%	1	50%			100%	0%	0%
Finland	Friendlies	1					1		63	0	100%		17%			100%	0%	0%

1998/1999

Motherwell

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Finland	Euro Qualifying	4					5	1	285	0	75%	1	67%	1		25%	25%	50%
Finland	Friendlies	2					2		180	0	100%		100%			0%	100%	0%

1997/1998

Motherwell

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Finland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2					1		125	0	100%		67%	1		50%	50%	0%
Finland	Friendlies	3					2	1	203	0	67%	1	75%			33%	33%	33%

1996/1997

Motherwell

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Finland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1						1	45	0	0%	1	33%			100%	0%	0%

1996

1995

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Nordic Football Championship

2001

Runner-ups

US Open Cup

2005

Manager's titles

Victories

Supercoupe	1	2024
Veikkausliiga	2	20162015
Ykkösliigan	1	2013
Liigacup	1	2014
Suomen Cup	3	202220212016

Runner-ups

Veikkausliiga	3	202220212014
Ykkösliigan	1	2012
Liigacup	1	2016

Transfers

14/12/23 >	Riga FC	mana.
16/01/23 > 14/12/23	Auda Riga	mana.
01/01/21 > 13/01/23	KuPS	mana.
12/07/17 > 20/04/20	Tromsö	mana.
01/09/12 > 17/02/17	SJK	mana.

07/01/10 >	Retired
01/01/07 > 07/01/10	TPS
02/03/04 > 01/01/07	FC Dallas	Free
01/07/00 > 02/03/04	Derby County	Free
07/02/97 > 01/07/00	Motherwell	Free
01/07/95 > 07/02/97	MyPa-47

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 01:16

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
Auda Riga	40	43%17	28%11	30%12	50	49
KuPS	83	60%50	24%20	16%13	144	74
Riga FC	11	64%7	9%1	27%3	18	8
SJK	164	55%91	22%36	23%37	263	135
Tromsö	83	37%31	16%13	47%39	124	136

Player career by clubLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 01:16

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Derby County	51	3		1184	3551	8		76%39	24%12	47%24
FC Dallas	96	1	4	8338	8338	25	3	99%95	44%42	36%35
Finland	31				2042	3		74%23	48%15	26%8
TPS	7				570	5		100%7	43%3	29%2

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
VPS	19	16	35	18
Inter Turku	17	10	24	16
Ilves	16	10	28	15
IFK Mariehamn	13	8	22	6
Oulu	10	8	18	4
RoPS	12	7	20	14
HIFK Helsinki	12	7	22	9
KuPS	12	6	13	3
Jaro	11	6	16	9
PK-35	7	6	20	4
Lahti	16	5	21	16
Honka	9	5	12	9
Daugavpils	6	5	12	2
METTA/LU	5	5	11	3
HJK Helsinki	18	4	16	17
SJK	8	4	15	11
KooTeePee	7	4	10	3
Jelgava	5	4	8	0
PS Kemi	5	4	8	2
Super Nova	4	4	10	0

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Colorado	15	8	0	0
LA Galaxy	11	5	0	0
Salt Lake	6	5	0	0
Chicago Fire	7	6	0	0
Red Bulls	7	4	0	0
Kansas City	9	2	0	1
San Jose	8	1	1	0
D.C. United	6	2	0	0
Columbus	6	1	0	0
New England	6	2	0	2
Houston	5	1	0	0
N. Ireland	3	2	0	0
Norwich City	3	2	0	0
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0
Arsenal	2	0	0	0
West Ham	2	0	0	0
Millwall	2	0	0	0
Tottenham	2	1	0	0
Coventry	2	1	0	0
Leicester	2	1	0	0

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
HJK Helsinki	18	6	17
Riga FC	5	5	10
Rigas FS	6	4	13
Lilleström	6	4	10
Molde	5	4	12
Lahti	16	4	16
Inter Turku	17	4	16
Ilves	16	4	15
Rosenborg	5	3	11
Odd	5	3	8
Bodö/Glimt	4	3	8
Haugesund	5	3	10
Strömsgodset	5	3	9
Kristiansund	5	3	10
Jaro	11	3	9
VPS	19	3	18
SJK	8	3	11
Young Boys	2	2	5
FH	2	2	2
Tukums	5	2	9

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
LA Galaxy	11	6	20
Kansas City	9	5	19
New England	6	4	9
Columbus	6	4	9
San Jose	8	3	13
Houston	5	3	9
Ipswich Town	3	2	7
WBA	3	2	5
D.C. United	6	2	7
Red Bulls	7	2	9
Colorado	15	2	14
Chivas USA	8	2	12
France	1	1	1
Turkey	2	1	5
Italy	1	1	2
Huddersfield	1	1	2
Greece	1	1	1
N. Ireland	3	1	2
South Korea	1	1	2
Norway	2	1	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2010	TPS	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2009	TPS	43%	29%	7	48%	11%	27	Slightly negative
2008	TPS	0%	0%	0	47%	33%	30	-
2007	TPS	0%	0%	0	50%	35%	26	-
2006	FC Dallas	49%	37%	35	0%	100%	1	-
2005	FC Dallas	41%	25%	32	43%	43%	7	Very slightly negative
2004	Dallas Burn	41%	48%	29	0%	25%	4	-
2003/2004	Derby County	19%	48%	21	29%	50%	14	Negative
2002/2003	Derby County	50%	50%	6	30%	53%	43	-
2001/2002	Derby County	30%	60%	10	19%	65%	31	Positive
2000/2001	Derby County	14%	36%	14	35%	45%	31	Extremely negative
1999/2000	Motherwell	0%	0%	0	38%	33%	42	-
1998/1999	Motherwell	0%	0%	0	32%	41%	41	-
1997/1998	Motherwell	0%	0%	0	26%	51%	43	-
1996/1997	Motherwell	0%	0%	0	29%	29%	14	-
1996	MyPa-47	0%	0%	0	48%	39%	31	-
1995	MyPa-47	0%	0%	0	50%	30%	20	-

Key figures

Valakari has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 50 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 28 matches

Valakari has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 17 away from home matches

The player hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 away from home matches

Valakari has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 12 matches

He has won in non-league and non-national team competition the last 5 at home matches

Simo Valakari hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 at home matches

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Derby County
19/08/2000	PL	Derby County - Southampton	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start
23/08/2000	PL	Newcastle - Derby County	3 - 2	First loss
10/09/2000	PL	Derby County - Charlton	2 - 2	First goal
26/09/2000	LC	WBA - Derby County	2 - 4	First victory
Dallas Burn
03/04/2004		Dallas Burn - Colorado	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
17/04/2004		Chicago Fire - Dallas Burn	0 - 2	First victory
08/05/2004		Dallas Burn - LA Galaxy	1 - 3	First loss
12/06/2004		Dallas Burn - New England	3 - 1	First red card
07/07/2004		San Jose - Dallas Burn	1 - 2	First goal
TPS
18/04/2009	V	TPS - FC Haka	1 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
08/05/2009	V	Tampere United - TPS	0 - 2	First victory

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 09/05/2024 at 01:16

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	20	1	1434		1434	75%15		10%2	40%8	50%10
League Cup	League Cup	5				405	100%5		60%3		40%2
Championship	Championship	26	2	856		1712	73%19		27%7	27%7	46%12
Veikkausliiga	Veikkausliiga	7				570	100%7		43%3	29%2	29%2
Major League Soccer	Major League Soccer	89	1	7780	3	7780	99%88	2	44%39	19%17	37%33
US Open Cup	US Open Cup	7			1	558	100%7	1	43%3	29%2	29%2
Friendlies	Friendlies	16				1083	75%12		44%7	31%5	25%4
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	6				440	83%5		50%3	33%2	17%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	8				464	63%5		50%4	13%1	38%3
NFC	Nordic Football Championship	1				55	100%1		100%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2009	TPS	1	3	49	26	13	10	3	46	20
2008	TPS	1	6	42	26	12	6	8	45	36
2007	TPS	1	3	43	26	13	4	9	43	33
2006	FC Dallas	1	2	52	32	16	4	12	48	44
2005	FC Dallas	1	5	48	32	13	9	10	52	44
2004	Dallas Burn	1	8	36	30	10	6	14	34	45
2003/2004	Derby County	2	22	34	33	8	10	15	35	54
2002/2003	Derby County	2	18	52	46	15	7	24	55	74
2001/2002	Derby County	1	19	30	38	8	6	24	33	63
2000/2001	Derby County	1	17	42	38	10	12	16	37	59
1999/2000	Motherwell	1	4	52	36	14	10	12	49	63
1998/1999	Motherwell	1	7	41	36	10	11	15	35	54
1997/1998	Motherwell	1	9	34	36	9	7	20	46	64
1996/1997	Motherwell	1	8	38	36	9	11	16	44	55
1996	MyPa-47	1P	2	45	27	14	3	10	48	38
1996	MyPa-47	1	6	33	22	10	3	9	39	32
1995	MyPa-47	1	2	53	26	16	5	5	45	20

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