Matti Paatelainen
Finnish footballer (born 1944)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1944-07-17) 17 July 1944 (age 80) | ||
Place of birth | Äänekoski, Finland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966 | Urho | ||
1967–1968 | HPS | (20) | |
1969–1972 | HIFK | (84) | |
1973–1977 | FC Haka | 110 | (72) |
International career | |||
1970–1977 | Finland | 47 | (11) |
Managerial career | |||
1979–1980 | FC Haka | ||
1993 | Ilves[1] | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Matti Paatelainen (born 17 June 1944) is a Finnish former international footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Paatelainen earned 47 caps for Finland, scoring eleven goals, between 1970 and 1977.[2] He played club football at Urho, HPS, HIFK and FC Haka.[3] He was Mestaruussarja top scorer in 1970, 1972, 1976 and 1977[4]
He appeared in nine FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, scoring once.[5]
Personal life
Paatelainen has three sons who all have played professional football - Mixu, Mikko and Markus.
References
- ^ Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame Archived 30 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Finland - International Player Records". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Matti Paatelainen, international footballer (born )".
- ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 247. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
- ^ Matti Paatelainen – FIFA competition record (archived)
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Mestaruussarja top scorers
- 1930: Salin / Strömsten
- 1931: Salin
- 1932: Lehtinen
- 1933: Strömsten
- 1934: Strömsten
- 1935: Lehtonen / Lintamo
- 1936: Lehtonen
- 1937: Lehtonen
- 1938: Lehtonen
- 1939: Lehtonen
- 1941: Valtonen
- 1944: Teräs / Turunen
- 1948: Myntti
- 1949: Asikainen / Lintamo
- 1950: Asikainen / Saarinen
- 1951: Forsberg
- 1952: Vanhanen
- 1953: Forss
- 1954: Koskinen
- 1955: Asikainen
- 1956: Styck
- 1957: Sundelin
- 1958: Lehtovirta / Pahlman
- 1959: Sundelin
- 1960: Sundelin
- 1961: Pahlman
- 1962: Österlund
- 1963: Lyytikäinen
- 1964: Tolsa
- 1965: Pahlman
- 1966: Hyvärinen
- 1967: Lindholm
- 1968: Lindholm
- 1969: Lamberg / Talaslahti
- 1970: Paatelainen
- 1971: Toivola
- 1972: Paatelainen / Suhonen
- 1973: Lamberg
- 1974: Salo
- 1975: Rantanen
- 1976: Paatelainen
- 1977: Paatelainen
- 1978: Ismail
- 1979: Ismail / Suhonen
- 1980: Rajaniemi
- 1981: Himanka
- 1982: Ismail
- 1983: Lipponen
- 1984: Lipponen
- 1985: Lius
- 1986: Lius / Niinimäki
- 1987: Hjelm
- 1988: Lius
- 1989: Lius
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