Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960 in

Kajaani Kajaani (; sv, Kajana) is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a pop ...

) is a

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football

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and former

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. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Considered one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka all of his career, winning one Finnish championship and three

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s with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland. Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong's assistant at Haka. He became Haka's head coach in 2002, and has led the club to one league championship and two cups. In 2009 Huttunen was sacked. On 8 November 2010 he replaced Stuart Baxter as the

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on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino.

Honours

As player

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: 1995 *

: 1982, 1985, 1988 *

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: 1982, 1984

As assistant coach

: 1998, 1999, 2000 *

: 1997

As head coach

: 2004 *

: 2002, 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huttunen, Olli 1960 births Living people People from Kajaani Finnish footballers Finland international footballers Finnish football managers Association football goalkeepers FC Haka players Mestaruussarja players Finland national football team managers FC Haka managers Sportspeople from Kainuu