Olli Huttunen
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Olavi "Olli" Huttunen is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 football
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 coach
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 and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team
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.

Considered one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka all of his career, winning one Finnish championship and three Finnish Cup
Finnish Cup
The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...

s with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland.

Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong
Keith Armstrong
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'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
Stuart Baxter
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 as the head coach
Head coach
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 on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino.

As player

  • Finnish Championship
    Veikkausliiga
    Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...

    : 1995
  • Finnish Cup
    Finnish Cup
    The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...

    : 1982, 1985, 1988
  • Finnish Footballer of the Year
    Finnish Footballer of the Year
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    : 1982, 1984

As assistant coach

  • Finnish Championship
    Veikkausliiga
    Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...

    : 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Finnish Cup
    Finnish Cup
    The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...

    : 1997
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