Kari Virtanen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kari Virtanen | ||
| Date of birth | September 15, 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Piikkiö, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Inter Turku | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976 | Piikkiön Palloseura | ||
| 1977–1979 | TPS | 62 | (10) |
| 1980–1981 | IFK Eskilstuna | 45 | (1) |
| 1982 | TPS | 21 | (6) |
| 1983–1985 | AIK | 45 | (4) |
| 1986–1987 | RoPS | 41 | (3) |
| 1988–1989 | KePS | 43 | (2) |
| 1990 | Kuusankosken Kumu | 6 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Piikkiön Palloseura | ||
| International career | |||
| 1978–1979 | Finland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1979–1986 | Finland | 37 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Piikkiön Palloseura | ||
| 1996 | Kanuunat Rovaniemi | ||
| 1997–1999 | RoPS | ||
| 2000–2002 | VG-62 | ||
| 2003–2006 | FC Inter Turku | ||
| 2007 | RoPS | ||
| 2011 | PIF | ||
| 2012–2013 | RoPS | ||
| 2016–2017 | IFK Mariehamn | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kari Virtanen (born 15 September 1958) is a Finnish football manager and former player.[1] He is currently coach of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.
Club career
[edit]As a player Virtanen spent his career in Finland and Sweden, representing Piikkiön Palloseura, TPS, IFK Eskilstuna, AIK, Rovaniemen Palloseura, Kemin Palloseura and Kuusankosken Kumu.
International career
[edit]Virtanen represented Team Finland in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. Finland finished 3rd in Group D with one win, one draw and one loss. Virtanen was in starting eleven in all three matches.
Managerial career
[edit]As a manager Virtanen has been working with teams in different tiers of Finnish football league system. His first manager position in Veikkausliiga was in 2003 with Inter Turku. He has been a manager of Rovaniemen Palloseura on two occasions. In 2012 he won Ykkönen with RoPS and promoted to Veikkausliiga. In the following season RoPS also won Finnish Cup for the second time in their history.
In 2016 he was named as a co-manager of IFK Mariehamn with Peter Lundberg. IFK Mariehamn won Veikkausliiga for the first time in history that season.[2] Virtanen remained in the club as an advisor for one more season.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Player
[edit]AIK Fotboll
Rovaniemen Palloseura
- Finnish Cup: 1986
Manager
[edit]Rovaniemen Palloseura
IFK Mariehamn
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Manager of the Month: April 2016,[3] October 2016[4] (with Peter Lundberg)
- Veikkausliiga Manager of the Year: 2016 (with Peter Lundberg)[5]
- Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2016[ (with Peter Lundberg) [6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kari Virtanen". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "IFK Mariehamn dubbed the Finnish Leicester after stunning title win". espn.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Walter Viitala huhtikuun kuuka
- ^ Jani Lyyski kuukauden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)
- ^ Veikkausliiga. "Palkinnot". veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Finnish Football Managers' Association. "Palkitut valmentajat". jalkapallovalmentajat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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- Living people
- 1958 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Allsvenskan players
- AIK Fotboll players
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Finland
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Finnish football managers
- FC Inter Turku managers
- Rovaniemen Palloseura managers
- IFK Mariehamn managers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- VG-62 players
- FC Inter Turku non-playing staff
- Turun Palloseura non-playing staff