Olli Huttunen

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team.

Olli Huttunen
Personal information
Full name Olavi Huttunen
Date of birth (1960-08-04) 4 August 1960
Place of birth Kajaani, Finland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1995 FC Haka 431 (0)
International career
1980–1992 Finland 61 (0)
Managerial career
1998–2002 FC Haka (assistant)
2002–2009 FC Haka
200?–2011 Finland (coach)
2010–2011 Finland
2012–2015 VPS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Considered as one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka throughout his career. He ended up winning one Finnish championship and three Finnish Cups with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland.[1]

Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong's assistant at Haka. He became Haka's head coach in 2002, and has led the club to one league championship and two cups. In 2009, Huttunen was sacked.

On 8 November 2010, he replaced Stuart Baxter as the head coach on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino.

Honours

As player

As assistant coach

As head coach

References

  1. Pietarinen, Heikki (1 May 2009). "Finland - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
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