Olli Huttunen

For the Finnish biathlete, see Olli Huttunen (biathlete).
Olli Huttunen
Personal information
Full name Olavi Huttunen
Date of birth (1960-08-04) 4 August 1960
Place of birth Finland
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1995 FC Haka 431 (0)
National team
1980–1992 Finland 61 (0)
Teams managed
1998–2002 FC Haka (assistant)
2002–2009 FC Haka
200?– Finland (coach)
2010 Finland
2012–2015 VPS

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

Considered one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka all of his career, 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 (2009-05-01). "Finland - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
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