Martti Kuusela (born 9 October 1945 in
Rovaniemi
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) is a
Finnish
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football
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manager
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and former
midfielder
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.
Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach, he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with
HJK Helsinki
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. He was the
head coach
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of the
Finnish national team from 1982 to 1987, helping the team to the brink of qualifying for the
1986 World Cup.
Kuusela has worked as coach in
Belgium
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,
Greece
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,
Cyprus
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,
Denmark
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and
Hungary
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. He led
Budapest Honvéd FC
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to the Hungarian championship in 1993. Kuusela coached
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
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in
Greece
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in 2005. On 15 January 2008,
TPS announced they had appointed Kuusela as their new manager. He took the reins at TPS when the previous manager
Mixu Paatelainen
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left the club to become manager of Scottish club
Hibernian. Kuusela was sacked by TPS in September 2008, a few weeks before the end of the season.
Kuusela also works as an expert commentator for
Yle
Yleisradio Oy ( Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, found ...
.
References
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Career
1945 births
Living people
People from Rovaniemi
Finnish footballers
Finland international footballers
Finnish football managers
FC Haka players
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
Budapest Honvéd FC managers
Apollon Limassol FC managers
Expatriate football managers in Denmark
Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Expatriate football managers in Hungary
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
Finland national football team managers
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi managers
Panionios F.C. managers
TPS Turku football managers
Proodeftiki F.C. managers
FinnPa managers
Association football midfielders
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Finnish expatriate football managers
Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers
Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland)
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