Reijo Linna (born 28 March 1963) 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 lea ...

who played as a

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. During his career, he played in his native Finland and Singapore. He won two Finnish championship titles and one

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with HJK Helsinki, Singaporean FAS Premier League title with Geylang International and Singapore President's Cup with Jurong. After his playing career, Linna has worked as a youth coach for his parent club Käpylän Pallo.Käpylän Pallon valmentajat esittäytyvät, osa 7: Reijo ”Repe” Linna
kapylanpallo.fi, 11 October 2019

Honours

HJK * Mestaruussarja:

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

: 1984 Geylang International * FAS Premier League: 1990 Jurong Town * Singapore President's Cup: 1989

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Linna, Reijo Living people 1963 births Finnish men's footballers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Mestaruussarja Veikkausliiga players Singapore Premier League players Käpylän Pallo players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FC Kontu players FF Jaro players Jurong FC players Geylang International FC players FinnPa players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Finland men's youth international footballers