Olli Heinonen (born 7 January 1937) is a Finnish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a half-back. He made 28 appearances for the Finland national team from 1957 to 1965. He played for Ilves-Kissat and

Reipas Lahti Reipas Lahti is a sports club based in Lahti, Finland. It is involved in various of ball games and also other sports. The club emerged in the late 1940s, when the inhabitants of Viipuri had mostly been relocated in Lahti, after evacuation during ...

. He was

Finnish Footballer of the Year There are three different Finnish Player of the Year Awards in Finland. The sports journalists have elected their male "Player of the Year" since 1947, the Football Association of Finland theirs since 1953. In 1976 the FA began selecting a female "P ...

twice in 1961 and 1963.

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* 1937 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Finland men's international footballers Reipas Lahti players 20th-century Finnish people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Finland-footy-bio-stub