Ville Lyytikäinen (4 February 1967 – 19 December 2016) was a Finnish

football agent A sports agent is a legal representative (hence agent (law), agent) for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches. They procure and negotiate employment and Testimonial, endorsement contracts for the principal (commercial law), at ...

and

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coach, born in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. His last work was head coach of

Atlantis FC Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (''Ykkönen''). History The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) m ...

in Finland's second highest tier,

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

. In the past Lyytikäinen coached FC Jokerit,

FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala. The team was formed in 1991. Club's history Initial years FC Hämeenlinna was founded in a ...

in top-tier

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and

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

in second-tier

. In 2005, he was sacked from Honka after only a couple of matches and moved to the coach of

FC Futura FC Futura (abbreviated Futura) is a football club from Porvoo in Finland. The club was formed in 1992 and their home ground is at the Porvoon keskuskenttä. The other venue used by the club is the Porvoon Pallokenttä. The men's first team cu ...

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

, the 4th highest tier and stayed in that job to the end of the season 2006. In Atlantis Lyytikäinen started at the beginning of season 2007. Later after his coaching career, Lyytikäinen worked as an agent, representing several Finnish players in many international transfers. Lyytikäinen has also coached the football team of ''Pohjois-Haagan yhteiskoulu'' sports high school and was also known as the football commentator in '' Peliuutiset'' sports show in television channel YLE TV2. Before the career of football coach Lyytikäinen was a regular star in paint product television commercials. He has also starred in '' Vääpeli Körmy'' movies. Lyytikäinen died at the age of 49 in 2016.Kiistellyn persoonan viiltävä elämäntarina: Ville Lyytikäinen kuoli vain 49-vuotiaana – kukaan ei voinut auttaa häntä

Ilta-Sanomat is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid-size evening newspapers and the largest paper in the country. Its counterpart and biggest rival is '' Iltalehti''. According to the National Media Research done in 2019, ''Ilta-Sanomat'' is also the bi ...

, Saku-Pekka Sundelin, 19 April 2019

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