Gert Remmel (born 31 December 1975) is an Estonian

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coach who is currently an assistant coach of Polish

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club

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and the Finland under-21 national team.

Coaching career

After working for Pallo-Pojat Juniorit (PPJ) in Finland, Remmel started his professional coaching career when joining Pertti Kemppinen in his tanoke-coaching company. During 2007–2008 Remmel was the head coach of

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

in Finnish third-tier

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. Remmel worked as an assistant coach of

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club Honka from 2009 to 2011 in a coaching staff of

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. He was also the coach of the club's academy team

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. After a few-year hiatus due to study leave, he moved to Italy and worked as an assistant coach of

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club

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during 2016–2020 with Finnish assistant coaches Iikka Miettinen and Tuomas Silvennoinen. He had completed an UEFA A coaching license in Coverciano, Italy in 2014 and had met Stefano Esposito, whom he had followed to Giorgione. Later, Remmel has worked for the academy of

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in Cyprus, as a head coach of Croatian club NK Novigrad along with Iikka Miettinen and Rasmus Jansson, and for Polish clubs Stal Rzeszów, and

along with Jansson. In the beginning of 2023, Remmel reunited with

when he joined the coaching staff of the Finland under-21 national team. In November 2024, they guided the Finland U21 team, the ''Pikkuhuuhkajat'', to qualify for the 2025 UEFA U21 Euro final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.

Personal life

Remmel has also worked as a writer for Finnish sport medias, including Urheilulehti. He has also co-written the autobiography of

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BYYRI, 26 April 2024 Remmel has also studied football at the

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References

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