Martti Kuusela

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

Martti Kuusela

Personal information
Full name	Martti Kuusela
Date of birth	(1945-10-09) 9 October 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Rovaniemi, Finland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1964	RoPS	?	(4)
1967	OTP	?	(11)
1965–1968	MP	?	(20)
1969–1971	HIFK	?	(7)
1972	HJK	21	(3)
1973–1974	Haka	43	(8)
1975–1976	FC Ilves	?	(4)
1977–1978	FinnPa	?	(4)
Total		64+	(61)
International career
	Finland	2	(0)
Managerial career
1979	GrIFK
1980–1981	HJK Helsinki
1982–1987	Finland
1989	B 1903
1990	HJK Helsinki
1991	Beerschot
1992–1994	Budapest Honvéd
1994–1995	Proodeftiki
1995–1996	Apollon Limassol
1997	FinnPa
2000–2001	Panionios
2005	Aris
2008	TPS Turku
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Finland 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 Scottish club Hibernian. Kuusela was sacked by TPS in September 2008, a few weeks before the end of the season.^[1] Kuusela also works as an expert commentator for Yle.

References

1. "Urheilu". Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.

External links

• Martti Kuusela at WorldFootball.net
• Career