Rainer Forss

Rainer Forss (20 October 1930 – 2 August 2005) was a Finnish professional football player, manager and coach. A forward player,^[2] he won full, Olympic and B caps for Finland at international level and was a member of Finland's 1952 Summer Olympics squad.^[3][4] In addition to playing 12 Suomensarja seasons, he scored 43 goals in 72 Mestaruussarja appearances.^[5]

Rainer Forss

Forss with the Finland national team in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth	(1930-10-20)20 October 1930
Place of birth	Finland
Date of death	2 August 2005(2005-08-02) (aged 74)[1]
Position	Forward
Youth career
1949–	Pyrkivä Turku
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1956	Pyrkivä Turku		(70)
1956–1957	TuTo		(17)
1958–1959	TuWe		(5)
1960–1963	TuTo		(55)
1964	Pargas IF
1964–1965	TPS
1979	Pyrkivä Turku	1	(0)
International career
1951–1957	Finland	14	(0)
1951–1962	Finland B	10	(1)
1959–1960	Finland Olympic	4	(0)
Managerial career
1965–1970	TPS
1985	TPS
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Forss is a member of a football family.^[6] His son (Tero) and grandsons Marcus and Niclas are all involved in football.^[6]

Honours

As a player

Pyrkivä Turku

• Mestaruussarja: 1954^[6]

As a manager

TPS

• Mestaruussarja: 1968^[7]

As an individual

• Mestaruussarja top-scorer: 1953^[8]