# Jere Koponen

Jere Koponen (born 23 May 1992) is a Finnish football goalkeeper for Ekenäs IF (EIF) in Veikkausliiga.

## Club career

Koponen started his career at FC Inter Turku and won the Finnish U19 championship with his club in 2011. In April 2012, he joined KTP on loan until August, but he returned to FC Inter already in June after having made 9 appearances for KTP. In December 2012, he extended his contract with FC Inter until end of 2014. For the 2015 season he joined SJK on a one-year contract and won the Finnish championship as second goalkeeper behind Mihkel Aksalu with one appearance during the season.
Koponen left Inter Turku for the second time, at the end of the 2018 season.
From spring 2019 he is a member of lithuanian FK Palanga. In summer 2019 he left FK Palanga. In August 2019, he then returned to his former club, TPS.

## Career statistics

    As of 28 August 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League cup | League cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Inter Turku | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| TuTo (loan) | 2011 | Kakkonen | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| KTP (loan) | 2012 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| SJK | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| SJK | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| SJK | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| SJK Akatemia | 2015 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| SJK Akatemia | 2016 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| SJK Akatemia | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Palanga | 2019 | A Lyga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| TPS | 2019 | Ykkönen | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| TPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 0 |
| TPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| TPS | 2022 | Ykkönen | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 |
| TPS | 2023 | Ykkönen | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| TPS | Total | Total | 102 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| SalPa | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Ekenäs IF | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 195 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 0 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
* ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup

## Honours

SJK
* Veikkausliiga: 2015
* Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2016
TPS
* Ykkönen runner-up: 2019, 2022
* Ykköscup runner-up: 2022
Individual
* Ykkönen Goalkeeper of the Year: 2021, 2022