Keijo Huusko (born 5 August 1980 in

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) is a

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footballer currently playing for the club

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Career

He previously played for

Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VP ...

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

, Lyn, Strømsgodset and

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football club founded in 1920, based in the city of Tromsø. They play their home games at Alfheim Stadion. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Tromsø have won the Norwegian Cup twice, in 1986 and 199 ...

. He joined Tromsø on 1 January 2008. After several injuries Huusko decided to move back to Finland and

TP-47 Tornion Pallo −47 (or TP-47) is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Tornio. It currently plays in the Finnish Third Division (''Kolmonen''). It plays its home matches at Pohjan Stadion. The most famous player who has been raised by t ...

. He signed a four-year contract with them on 26 February 2010. The striker left

in February 2010 and signed for

PS Kemi Kings The Palloseura Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, who are currently playing in the Kolmonen. The club have spent three seasons in the top flight in their history. History The club was established on October 21, 1999 ...

International career

Huusko has been capped eight times and scored two goals for the

Finland national football team The Finland national football team ( fi, Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body ...

Coaching career

He also has roles of assistant manager and Director of Football. Huusko was also during his TP career the assistant manager and Director of Football of the Finnish club.http://www.tp47.com/uutiset.php?subaction=showfull&id=1267204594&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2&

References

1980 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Vaasan Palloseura players BK Häcken players Lyn Fotball players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Tromsø IL players Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Finnish expatriate men's footballers People from Kemi Men's association football midfielders TP-47 players Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland) {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub