Juhani Peltonen

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Voitto Matti Juhani Peltonen (born June 16, 1936 in Valkeakoski , Finland ) is a former Finnish football player. The offensive player played 311 competitive games in the Veikkausliiga from 1954 to 1972 and scored 108 goals. In 68 international matches for Finland he was 11 times goalscorer. With his club Haka Valkeakoski , the attacker won the championship in 1960 and 1962 and the cup in 1955, 1959, 1960, 1963 and 1969 . In two years at Hamburger SV , 1964 to 1966, there were 38 league games with six goals in the Bundesliga .

career

The striker began his career in 1954 with the biggest club in his hometown, Haka Valkeakoski . There he played until 1964 and later again from 1967 to 1972. When he made the double with Haka in the 1960 season, he had scored 13 goals in 22 games in the league. The favorite position of the multiple Footballer of the Year in Finland was that of the left winger. For his hometown club "Jussi" Peltonen played a total of 311 times and scored 108 goals, making the sixties the most successful period in the club's history for his club.

Juhani Peltonen was also active in the national team , namely from 1955 to 1970; During this time he was used 68 times and scored 11 goals. Among them was the farewell game of national coach Sepp Herberger on June 7, 1964 in Helsinki against the German national soccer team . In the 1: 4 defeat against the DFB-Elf he achieved the interim 1: 1 equalization as left winger in the 24th minute. In a counterattack, he outplayed right defender Friedel Lutz and shot the 1-1 for Finland from 18 m away, which was untenable for goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski . He will be listed as the host's best player in the match report.

In the two seasons in between, he played for Hamburger SV , making him the first Finn to earn his living in the Bundesliga . In the second Bundesliga season 1964/65, Andreas Máte and Juhani Peltonen were the first two foreign players to find their way into the “Gateway to the World” . Máte of the New York Hungarians had noticed the HSV on his USA tour from May 17 to 27, 1964 and Peltonen could have drawn attention to himself during the international match on June 7. In the Bundesliga, the Finnish international striker made his debut on the 8th round matchday, October 17, 1964, in a 2-2 away draw against Karlsruher SC. But he played on the right wing, the inner storm formed Bernd Dörfel , Uwe Seeler and Peter Wulf and on the left wing stormed as usual, Gert Dörfel . According to Skrentny's "throw in", Peltonen had never felt comfortable in Hamburg. He was isolated within the team and did not understand the German language. You can also read from Skrentny that “the Finn couldn't have been a bad one”. “This man is world class,” said opponent “Hoppi” Kurrat from Borussia Dortmund. The evening echo after a 2-0 win over Meiderich: “Inconspicuous, but extremely constructive. His assists, his spurts and his good condition were really worth seeing. "

At HSV he was not particularly successful and scored only 6 goals (9 assists) in 38 games. Peltonen played his last Bundesliga game on May 28, 1966 with a 1-1 draw at Munich 1860; he stormed the game against the new German champions on right wing. He traveled to Finland for friendly matches with HSV and canceled his contract on June 7, 1966. He returned home to Valkeakoski .

successes

  • Finnish champion: 1960, 1962
  • Finnish cup winners: 1955, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1969
  • Finnish Player of the Year (voted by sports journalists): 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1965
  • Finnish Player of the Year (voted by the association): 1960, 1962, 1964

literature

  • Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Player Lexicon 1963–1994. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 . P. 378.
  • Werner Skrentny, Jens R. Prüß: With the diamond in the heart. The great history of Hamburger SV. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2008. ISBN 978-3-89533-620-1 . P. 215.
  • Axel Formeseyn: Our HSV. EDITION Temmen. Bremen 2008. ISBN 978-3-86108-074-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Spiellexikon 1963–1994. P. 378
  2. ^ Raphael Keppel: Germany's international soccer games. Documentation from 1908–1989. Sports and games publisher Edgar Hitzel. Hürth 1989. ISBN 3-9802172-4-8 . P. 292
  3. ↑ Werner Skrentny, Jens R. Prüß: With the diamond in the heart. P. 215
  4. ↑ Werner Skrentny, Jens R. Prüß: With the diamond in the heart. P. 215
personal data
SURNAME Peltons, Juhani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peltonen, Voitto Matti Juhani (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Valkeakoski , Finland