Martti Kuusela

Martti Kuusela
Personal information
Full nameMartti Kuusela
Date of birth9 October 1945
Place of birthRovaniemi, Finland
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1963–1964RoPS?(4)
1967OTP?(11)
1965–1968MP?(20)
1969–1971HIFK?(7)
1972HJK21(3)
1973–1974Haka43(8)
1975–1976FC Ilves?(4)
1977–1978FinnPa?(4)
Total64+(61)
National team
Finland2(0)
Teams managed
1979GrIFK
1980–1981HJK Helsinki
1982–1987Finland
1989B 1903
1990HJK Helsinki
1991Beerschot
1992–1994Budapest Honvéd
1994–1995Prodeftiki
1995–1996Apollon Limassol
1997FinnPa
2000–2001Panionios
2005Aris
2008TPS Turku
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Martti Kuusela (born 9 October 1945 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish football manager and former midfielder.

Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with HJK Helsinki. He was the head coach of the Finnish national team from 1982 to 1987, helping the team to the brink of qualifying for the 1986 World Cup.

Kuusela has worked as coach in Belgium, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark and Hungary. He led Budapest Honvéd FC to the Hungarian championship in 1993. Kuusela coached Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece in 2005. On 15 January 2008, TPS announced they had appointed Kuusela as their new manager. He took the reins at TPS when the previous manager Mixu Paatelainen left the club to become manager of Hibernian F.C. in Scotland. Kuusela was sacked in September 2008 just a few weeks before the end of the season.[1] Kuusela also works as an expert commentator for Yle.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1587644

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