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Antti
Antti is a Finnish masculine given name derived from the Greek name ''Andreas''. In Estonia, the variant Anti is more common. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Antti Autti (born 1985), Finnish snowboarder * Antti Juntumaa (born 1959), Finnish boxer * Antti Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) (1943–1991), Finnish musician * Antti Hyyrynen (born 1980), Finnish musician * Antti Kalliomäki (born 1947), Finnish athlete and Minister of Education * Antti Kasvio (born 1973), Finnish swimmer * Antti Laaksonen (born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player * Antti Niemi (footballer) (born 1972), Finnish football goalkeeper * Antti Niemi (ice hockey) (born 1983), Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper * Antti Miettinen (born 1980), Finnish ice hockey player * Antti Muurinen (born 1954), Finnish football coach * Antti Ojanperä (born 1983), Finnish footballer * Antti Okkonen (born 1982), Finnish footballer * Antti Piimänen (1712-1775), Finnish church builder * Antti Pohj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Sarpila
Antti Juhani Sarpila (born 11 June 1964) is a Finnish jazz clarinetist. He performed in a Benny Goodman-inspired style and studied under Bob Wilber. He was a part of the tribute to Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall in 1988 and played in six American tours. His A. S. Swing Band was established in 1982 and has released over ten albums. An anniversary DVD, ''20th Anniversary Concert live at Finlandia Hall'' was released in 2002. He performed at Carnegie Hall in 2000 with the Swedish Swing Society and has been in a quartet with Lars Erstrand, Mark Shane, and Björn Sjödin. He was a guest of Gerhard Aspheim's Oldtimers to celebrate the 25-year anniversary at Oslo Jazzfestival. He performed at the Oslo Jazzfestival 2006 with the Stokstad/Jensen Trad Band. In 1997, he won the Yrjö award. According to the Finnish magazine ''Hymy'' (6–7/2008) Sarpila is a Freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Niemi (ice Hockey)
Antti Niemi (; born 29 August 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Niemi previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the 2009–10 season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, he became the first Finnish goaltender to win the Stanley Cup. Niemi also played for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, and Montreal Canadiens. Playing career Early years Niemi played junior-level hockey for Kiekko-Vantaa from 1998 until 2005, where he also worked part-time as a Zamboni driver and later had his number retired. He turned pro with the Pelicans of the Finnish SM-liiga in 2005, playing three seasons with the team. In November 2007, Niemi debuted for the Finnish national team. He then signed with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008. Assigned to Chicago's minor league affiliate, the Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Niemi (footballer)
Antti Mikko Niemi (born 31 May 1972) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also worked as a goalkeeping coach at Brighton & Hove Albion during the 2014–15 season. Niemi spent time as a player in the Scottish Premier League (with Rangers, Heart of Midlothian) and the Premier League (with Southampton and Fulham), and in 2008 announced his retirement due to injury. However, in 2009 he returned to sign for Premier League club Portsmouth, although he did not make any appearances before leaving in 2010. Club career Early career Niemi was born in Oulu, Finland and began his professional career with HJK Helsinki, where he made over 100 appearances in four years, before transferring to FC Copenhagen in 1995. Impressive performances over the next two years saw a transfer to Scotland with Glasgow club Rangers. Rangers Niemi joined Rangers in 1997 and initially competed with Andy Goram and Theo Snelders for the goalkeeper position; he made seven a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Rinne
Antti Juhani Rinne (; born 3 November 1962) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from June to December 2019, and served as Leader of the Social Democratic Party between 2014 and 2020. Biography A lawyer by profession, Rinne holds a Candidate of Law degree from the University of Helsinki. He served as chair of the Union of Private Sector Professionals (ERTO) from 2002 to 2005, the Union of Salaried Employees from 2005 to 2010, and Trade Union Pro from 2010 to 2014. Political activities Rinne was elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) on 9 May 2014, defeating Jutta Urpilainen. He was Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland between 2014 and 2015 and has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. In the 2019 parliamentary election, Rinne led the Social Democrats to victory and served as Speaker of Parliament before being appointed as Prime Minister on 6 June 2019. Rinne cabinet Rinne and his cabinet resigned on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Raanta
Antti Raanta (born 12 May 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Raanta was initially signed by the Chicago Blackhawks as an undrafted free agent. He has also played for the New York Rangers and the Arizona Coyotes. Playing career Lukko (2009–2011) In March 2008, Raanta signed a three-year-contract with Rauman Lukko of the Finnish Liiga. In 2009, Raanta won bronze in the Lukko U20 team and had the best save percentage in the U20 league. He was called up to the Lukko's men's team but had not yet made a Liiga debut. He played two games in Mestis when the U20 national team played against each Mestis team. Ässät (2011–2013) In 2013, Raanta won the Finnish championship with Ässät and was awarded both the Lasse Oksanen Trophy for the SM-liiga's best player of regular season, as well as the Jari Kurri Trophy for the best player of the playoffs, posting a .955 save percentage. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Sumiala
Antti Markus Sumiala (born 20 February 1974) is a Finnish former footballer. He played his last years in his hometown team FC PoPa. He was born in Pori, and played as a striker. He also worked as his teams sports director and is a main owner of FC PoPa. International career Sumiala appeared 36 times for the Finnish national team, scoring nine goals. He made his debut on 12 February 1992 in a friendly against Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... (1-1). References *Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumiala, Antti 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Pori Finnish footballers Finland international footballers Ikast FS players Association football forwards FC Twente players FC Emmen players NEC Nijmegen players FC Jokerit players SSV Reutlingen 05 pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Okkonen
Antti Okkonen (born 6 June 1982) is a former footballer who played in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium. In addition, he represented the national team. He was a defensive midfielder. Career Okkonen started youth career in Oulun Luistinseura. He made his debut on the club's OPS representative team in the second season in 1998. He made his league debut at Myllykoski Pallo in the year 2000. In MyPa's shirt, Okkonen won one Finnish Championship silver and two Finnish Championship bronzes during three seasons (2000-2003). From Myllykoski, Okkonen moved to Sweden in the team of Landskrona for four (2004-2007) seasons. In the first half of 2007, he was on loan in Silkeborg, Denmark. In January 2008, Okkonen moved to the Belgian RAEC Mons, where he played for one and a half seasons. In August 2009, he returned to MyPa with a contract for the rest of the season, which was extended for two years at the end of the period. For the 2012 season, Okkonen joined the team of the reigning Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Autti
Antti-Matias Antero Autti (born 15 March 1985) is a Finnish Snowboarding who won the Men's Superpipe at the 2005 Winter X Games. He is one of two snowboarders, along with Steve Fisher, ever to beat American snowboarder Shaun White in the X Games Superpipe. Autti is the first non-American to win the event. He began his final run with back-to-back 1080s, and is only the third snowboarder to land the sequence in competition, behind Michael McBee and Ross Powers. His technical performance sparked the "1080 Revolution" and set a new standard in men's halfpipe competition, where athletes must throw at least one 1080, if not two back-to-back, in order to do well in contests. Just two weeks earlier, he was crowned double World Champion in Big Air and the halfpipe at the 2005 Snowboarding World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Biography Born to Yrjö and Katariina Autti, Autti hails from Rovaniemi, a 55,000 population city that sits on the Arctic Circle and is cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Laaksonen
Antti Akseli Laaksonen (born October 3, 1973) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left winger who last played for the Lukko of the SM-Liiga. Antti had a seven-year NHL career, mostly as a third line wing and penalty killer for the Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. Playing career Laaksonen left Finland for North America in 1993 as a junior pro from the SM-Liiga. He enrolled at the University of Denver where he played four seasons for the Pioneers. Laaksonen was selected 191st overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. In 1997–98, Laaksonen made his professional debut in North America, playing with both the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL and the Bruins affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Laaksonen made his NHL debut with the Bruins at the start of the 1998–99 season, playing in 11 games before he was sent down to Providence where he helped the Bruins capture the Calder Cup. Unable to become a regular with the Bruins by the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Törmänen (Go Player)
Antti Törmänen (born 28 June 1989) is a professional Go player from Oulu, Finland. He currently lives in Tokyo, Japan. Biography Törmänen has stated that he became interested in Go aged 12, after reading the manga ''Hikaru no Go''. He became an insei in Nihon Kiin The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associa ... in fall of 2011. Achievements As an amateur player, Törmänen had played in several tournaments with some noteworthy results. * Fifth place in the World Youth Go Championship 2005. * Winning the Finnish championships in 2008, 2010 and 2012. * Winning the London Open Go Congress 2010. * Winning rapid tournament of the European Go Championship 2011. * Second place in the European Open Go Championship 2013. Professional status In December 2015, it was reported tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Muurinen
Antti Muurinen (born March 4, 1954) is a Finnish football coach. Muurinen is probably best known as the head coach of the Finnish national team. He led Finland in qualifying campaigns for the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, failing to reach the finals each time. In June 2005 Finnish football fans held a protest against Muurinen, and after a 4–0 defeat against Netherlands, the Finnish FA sacked him. In 2006, Muurinen was hired as the manager of FC Lahti in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Before the end of the 2007 season he returned to HJK Helsinki, where he managed them from the 1997 to 1999 season. Muurinen is also known for leading HJK Helsinki into the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 1998–99 season, the only time a Finnish club has managed this feat. He has also won the Finnish championship with HJK Helsinki in 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 as well as with FC Kuusysi in 1989 and 1991, the Finnish Cup with HJK Helsinki in 1998 and 2008, and the Finn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Miettinen
Antti Markus Miettinen (born July 3, 1980) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and former professional forward, who last played professionally with HPK of the Liiga. He had previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets. Playing career Miettinen was drafted by the Dallas Stars as their seventh-round pick, 224th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to playing in the NHL, he played for five years in the SM-Liiga with HPK Hämeenlinna picking up the Kultainen kypärä and the Lasse Oksanen trophy in his final year in Finland. Miettinen spent two-years in the American Hockey League (AHL) before playing his first full season in the NHL in the 2005–06 season with the Stars. He was chosen to play for Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics but was unable to participate due to an upper body injury. He was replaced on the team by Stars teammate Niklas Hagman. On July 3, 2008, Miettinen signed a 3-year $7 million contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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