Pasi Rautiainen

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Pasi Rautiainen (born July 18, 1961 in Helsinki) is a Finnish football manager and former player, currently the head coach of FC Flora Tallinn in Estonia. He has previously coached PK-35, FC Jokerit and FC KooTeePee in Finland and FC Levadia Tallinn in Estonia.

Rautiainen was very talented as a young player, and he joined Bayern Munich at the age of just 18 in 1980. He only made one appearance for the club, but was still named German champion with Bayern in the 1980–1981 season. Rautiainen later made 115 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen (1981–1982) and Arminia Bielefeld (1982–1985), scoring 14 goals. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Bielefeld and SG Wattenscheid 09. In Finland Rautiainen played for HJK Helsinki, winning the Finnish championship in 1978 and 1990. He also earned 25 caps for the Finland national football team, scoring once.

Rautiainen is also a popular football pundit in Finland, commentating UEFA Champions League games for the TV channel Nelonen. He was also featured on the broadcasts of Estonian channel ETV during the 2006 World Cup.