Jyrki Antero ("Jyrä") Heliskoski (September 28, 1945 – December 28, 2020)
was a
Finnish football
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coach
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.
Heliskoski worked briefly as the head coach of the
Finland national team from July 2005 to January 2006. He then continued as an assistant coach under
Roy Hodgson
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He has managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstad in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to t ...
until November 2007. Previously he had coached a number of Finnish national youth teams, including the
under-21 team and the
under-19 team.
On the club side, Heliskoski coached
HJK Helsinki
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in 1985–89, winning three league titles. He also coached HJK in 2000–2001.
Before 1978 he worked as a
handball
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coach.
References
1945 births
2020 deaths
Finnish football managers
Finland national football team managers
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi managers
Veikkausliiga managers
Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees
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