Kai Nyyssönen (born 10 June 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional

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who played as a

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. He was capped twice by

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in 1996–1997. After retiring as a player, Nyyssönen became a football manager.

Club career

Born in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

, Nyyssönen played club football in Finland for

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

, Haka,

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

and PP-70, in Belgium for

RWD Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club ...

, in Spain for Córdoba, in Scotland for

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

(where he scored once against Dundee United), and in Greece for Chania.

International career

He also earned two caps for

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

between 1996 and 1997.

Coaching career

Nyyssönen managed

in Ykkönen and Veikkausliiga between 2007 and 2009. Since 2016, he has been a head coach of various Finnish youth national teams, currently the head coach of Finland U15 and Finland U16.

Personal life

His elder brother is fellow player Harri Nyyssönen.

Career statistics

Honours

Haka * Veikkausliiga:

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HISTORIA
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyyssonen, Kai 1972 births Living people Footballers from Kuopio Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players FC Haka players FC Hämeenlinna players Córdoba CF players Motherwell F.C. players Kuopion Palloseura players Scottish Premier League players Belgian Pro League players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Finnish football managers Kuopion Palloseura managers Men's association football forwards Veikkausliiga managers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Super League Greece 2 players Segunda División B players AO Chania F.C. players Association football coaches