Ville Väisänen (born 19 April 1977) is a Finnish former

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who last played as defender in Finnish second division team FC OPA. Väisänen has also tried his hands at managing - his latest spell being with Oulun Nice Soccer for seasons 2011 and 2012.

Career

Väisänen started his career in 1996 in his home country with his hometown team OTP which played in Finland third tier

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scoring four goals in the first few games. Soon after he moved to south to city of Pori to play for league side

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, eventually making his debut the following year. He moved to the

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, where he played for two seasons for De Graafschap in

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before he returned to Finland, with first TPV then

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. In 1999, he moved to Norway for one season, before his career took him to Greece, with

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. In 2001, he again returned to Finland, spending two seasons, then moved across Scandinavia, with Norwegian-side Bryne FK then Swedish

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. In 2005, Väisänen moved to Finland to play two seasons with

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. In August 2006, he moved to England to play with Darlington, after being signed by manager David Hodgson. He played five times but suffered a knee injury, and when Hodgson was replaced by new manager

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, Väisänen was released in December. Väisänen then moved back to

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to play for his hometown team

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playing in

. He played as a midfielder and was a captain of the team. He left the team at the end of season to continue his studies in

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and to find a new team. Väisänen eventually returned to Oulu to play for another hometown team, FC OPA for five games. His brother Kalle Väisänen also played for the team. After a short spell at OPA, Ville Väisänen head back to England to finish his studies and played for a

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side

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for the 2008–09 season. He also earned five

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for the Finland national side. He managed

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for a period of time in 2007. In October 2008, he became a gym instructor at Headlam Hall hotel in

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, County Durham,

. While studying he also managed junior side FC Marton in

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. Väisänen has signed for FC OPA for the season 2009. He is did assistant managing for

Tervarit Tervarit is a football and futsal club based in Oulu, Finland. It plays currently in the Finnish fourth tier Kolmonen. Notable former players * Mark Dziadulewicz * Raphael Edereho * Otto Fredrikson * Ismaila Jagne * Jani Kauppila * J ...

U17 team in Oulu for the season 2009. In the season 2010 Väisänen took a bigger role in FC OPA. He signed a player-manager contract which kept him at FC OPA for another year.

References

External links

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Guardian's Stats Centre

Ville Vaisanens player profile
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