Pauliina Miettinen

Pauliina Miettinen (born 20 May 1972, in Kuopio) is a Finnish football (soccer) coach and former player. She is the head coach of Naisten Liiga team PK-35 Vantaa.

During her playing career, Miettinen played as goalkeeper, defender and forward. She is one of the few footballers who have played both in goal (9 caps) and on the field (17 caps) at international level.[1]

Miettinen's first club was KMF from her hometown Kuopio.[2] She has played in Finnish clubs FC Kontu, Turun Pyrkivä, Malmin Palloseura and HJK Helsinki. Miettinen also played for the Boston Renegades[3] and captained at Franklin Pierce College, where she managed to muster 122 goals and 65 assists, an NCAA record with 309 points.[1] She won the Finnish championship with HJK in 2001 and the Finnish Cup with Pyrkivä in 1994 and with HJK in 2002.[4][5]

Miettinen started her coaching career during her playing days. She was assistant coach at Franklin Pierce, her alma mater, and she has also coached at Barry University and Florida State University. After finishing her playing career, Miettinen became the head coach of FC Kontu and then PK-35 Vantaa. After the 2009 season, Miettinen was named as the head coach of Sky Blue FC,[1] but she was dismissed on 19 July 2010. In October 2010 she returned to PK-35 Vantaa.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Frank Mustac. "Sky Blue FC of Women’s Professional Soccer introduces Pauliina Miettinen as head coach". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/reporter/index.ssf/2009/09/sky_blue_fc_of_womens_professi_1.html. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  2. ^ "Pauliina Miettinen Yhdysvaltain mestarin valmentajaksi [Pauliina Miettinen becomes the coach of United States champion]" (in Finnish). Savon Sanomat. http://www.savonsanomat.fi/uutiset/urheilu/pauliina-miettinen-yhdysvaltain-mestarin-valmentajaksi/487670. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  3. ^ "Alumni: 2000 MPS Boston Renegades". mpsbr.com. http://mpsbr.com/renegades1st/renalumni/index_E.html. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  4. ^ Aalto, Seppo (2007) (in Finnish). Tähtien Tarina. HJK Helsinki. pp. 314–319. ISBN 978-952-92-2062-5. 
  5. ^ Kilén, Turkka (16 October 1994). "Pyrkivä juhlii 40 vuoden välein [Pyrkivä celebrates at 40 year intervals]" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. http://www.hs.fi/arkisto/artikkeli/941016196. 
  6. ^ "Pauliina Miettinen palaa PK-35:n peräsimeen [Pauliina Miettinen returns to the helm of PK-35]" (in Finnish). YLE. http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2010/10/pauliina_miettinen_palaa_pk-35n_perasimeen_2088141.html. Retrieved 7 June 2011.