Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960) is a Finnish

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and former

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. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Huttunen is currently the

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club

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. Huttunen was inducted into the

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in 2018

Career

Considered as one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka throughout his career. He ended up winning one Finnish championship and three

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s with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland. Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong's assistant at

. He became Haka's head coach in 2002, and has led the club to one league championship and two cups. In 2009, Huttunen was sacked. On 8 November 2010, he replaced Stuart Baxter as an interim

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on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino. On 1 September 2016, Huttunen was named the CEO of Haka.

Career statistics

Honours

As player

* Finnish Championship: 1995 *

: 1982, 1985, 1988 * Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1982, 1984

As assistant coach

* Finnish Championship: 1998, 1999, 2000 *

: 1997

As head coach

* Finnish Championship: 2004 *

: 2002, 2005 Individual * Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2002 *

Coach of the Month: May 2009, October 2013, October 2014 *

Best Coach:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huttunen, Olli 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Kajaani Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Finnish football managers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Haka players Mestaruussarja players Finland national football team managers FC Haka managers Veikkausliiga managers Finnish sports executives and administrators Finnish sporting directors Vaasan Palloseura managers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Kajaanin Palloilijat players Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees