Mikael Johan Bernhard Käld (born 6 May 1954) is a Finnish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager who most recently worked at Kokkola F10 in the Finnish women's premier division

Kansallinen Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of Women's association football, women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Se ...

. Käld was the head coach of

Finland women's national football team The Finland women's national football team, also known as nickname The Boreal Owls ( fi, Helmarit), represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi ...

from 2001 to 2009.Michael Käld CV
(in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2013. Käld spent his own player career in the Finnish lower divisions. His debut as a women's manager Käld made in 2000 by coaching

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...

in Naisten Liiga (renamed Kansallainen Liiga in 2020). A year later he was named as the head coach of Finland women's team. Käld coached Finland in

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

and

2009 UEFA Women's Championship The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over ...

. In 2005, Finland reached the semi-finals and 2009 the quarter-finals. Michael Käld was nominated the

Finnish Football Manager of the Year Finnish Football Manager of the Year title has been awarded in Finland since 1981. The nomination is made by Finnish Football Managers' Association.

in 2004 and 2005.Finnish Football Managers' Association
(in Finnish). Retrieved 21 June 2013.

References

Living people 1954 births Swedish-speaking Finns People from Kronoby Sportspeople from Ostrobothnia (region) Finnish men's footballers Finnish football managers Finland women's national football team managers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Finland-footy-bio-stub