Mixu Paatelainen

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Mixu Paatelainen
Personal information
Full name	Mika-Matti Paatelainen
Date of birth	February 3, 1967 (1967-02-03) (age 41)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club	Hibernian (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1987 1987-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	FC Haka Dundee United Aberdeen Bolton Wanderers Wolves Hibernian RC Strasbourg Hibernian St. Johnstone St. Mirren Totals	048 0(18) 133 0(33) 075 0(23) 069 0(15) 022 00(0) 093 0(32) 007 00(0) 024 00(7) 032 0(11) 015 00(4) 518 (143)
National team
1989-2003	Finland	070 0(18)
Teams managed
2005-2006 2006-2008 2008-	Cowdenbeath TPS Hibernian
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mika-Matti "Mixu" Paatelainen (born February 3, 1967 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish football player and is the current manager of Hibernian. Mixu is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time eighth most capped player and third top goalscorer.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Cowdenbeath 2.2 TPS 2.3 Hibernian 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

In October 1987, when he was a virtual unknown, Scottish club Dundee United signed him from FC Haka for £100,000. He would become their top scorer twice. He was then transferred to Aberdeen for £400,000 in February 1992, and further to English club Bolton Wanderers in 1994. As Bolton gained promotion to the Premiership he became the first Finn to play in the new league. Mixu also played in the League Cup final of 1995, in which Wanderers were beaten 2-1 by Liverpool.

Other teams he played for included English club Wolverhampton Wanderers and Scottish clubs Hibernian, St. Johnstone and St. Mirren. He also played for a season at French club RC Strasbourg.

During his playing career he scored 143 goals. His greatest success was with Hibernian where he scored 39 goals. He is fondly remembered by Hibernian supporters for his hat-trick in a 6-2 victory over rivals Heart of Midlothian on 22 October 2000.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Cowdenbeath

Having previously worked as a coach while still playing for St. Johnstone and St. Mirren, Paatelainen was appointed full-time manager of Scottish Third Division part-time football team Cowdenbeath in August 2005. In his first season, he guided the Blue Brazil to their first league title in 67 years. He signed his brothers Markus and Mikko for the club.

[edit] TPS

On October 21, 2006, Paatelainen resigned as manager of Cowdenbeath to join Finnish club TPS. He guided TPS to third place and UEFA Intertoto Cup qualification in what was to be his only season in charge.

[edit] Hibernian

In December 2007, Paatelainen was linked with the managerical vacancy at former club Hibernian, and was appointed on 10 January 2008.^[1]. Paatelainen took the Hibs job at a time when they had only won one of their previous ten games and had slipped into the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League. Under Paatelainen, Hibs' results have improved and the club secured a place in the top half of the league.

[edit] In popular culture

Paatelainen was mentioned once in the comedy show Phoenix Nights. This happened when the doormen Max & Paddy drunkenly made a prank call to their boss Brian Potter, claiming that Paatelainen worked at Bolton Coroner's office and that the club was on fire.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mixu Paatelainen career stats at Soccerbase

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