Kim Raimi (born 25 February 1985) is a Finnish football manager and a former player. He was most recently the manager of PK-35 in Ykkösliiga, having previously worked for the team as an assistant coach. During his playing career, he played mainly as a centre back for

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-based clubs, and captained PK-35 Vantaa until the club's bankruptcy at the end of 2016.

Early career

Born in

, Raimi played in the youth sectors of local clubs

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(KäPa) during 1990–1999,

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in 2000 and PK-35 during 2001-2002.

Club career

PK-35

He started his senior career with his former youth team PK-35 in 2003, when the club competed in the third-tier

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. For the 2005 season, PK were promoted to the second-tier Ykkönen and Raimi stayed with the team.

Viikingit

On 20 December 2006, he signed with newly promoted

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in the first-tier Veikkausliiga, but due to injury he made only seven appearances in the league during the 2007 season. After the relegation, he stayed with Viikingit in Ykkönen.

PK-35 Vantaa

In 2009, Raimi joined new Ykkönen club PK-35 Vantaa, the new first team of his former club PK-35, which detached and relocated to

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. Raimi established himself in the division becoming an integral part of the team's defense, but despite rumours he did not join any Veikkausliiga club. He was also named the team captain. Eventually PK-35 Vantaa won a promotion to Veikkausliiga for the 2016 season, with the head coach

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. At the end of the season after financial problems, the club were relegated and ultimately declared for bankruptcy. Raimi had terminated his contract with the club in September 2016. Prior to his departure, Raimi had made 128 total appearances for PK-35 Vantaa, scoring 10 goals.

HIFK

For the 2017 season, Raimi signed with Veikkausliiga club

under the head coach

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Return to PK-35

Raimi ended his playing career in 2018 in the fourth-tier

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with his former team PK-35. The club had continued operations in

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, Helsinki, after the dissolvement of the breakaway team in Vantaa, and gained the division spot of their former reserve team. He worked simultaneously as the team's assistant coach.

Coaching career

PK-35

Before retiring as a player, Raimi had already started to work as an assistant coach of PK-35. Since the start of the 2021 Ykkönen season, he is the manager of the club's first team. Raimi led PK-35 to win a promotion to the new second-tier Ykkösliiga for the inaugural 2024 season, after winning the promotion play-offs in the late 2023. On 2 June 2024, PK-35 announced the termination of Raimi's contract due to poor results in the ongoing season. Raimi continues working as a youth coach in the club.

Career statistics

Kim Raimi

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Managerial statistics

References

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