Iikka Miettinen

Iikka Henrikki Miettinen (born 20 July 1990) is a Finnish professional football coach who is currently the head coach of Ilves II, the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club Ilves.

Iikka Miettinen

Personal information
Full name	Iikka Henrikki Miettinen
Date of birth	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tampere, Finland
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Ilves II (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
	TPV
	Haka
	TKT Tampere
	PP-70
Managerial career
2018–2019	Zenit (academy director)
2019–2020	Giorgione (assistant)
2020–2022	Pafos U19 (assistant)
2022	Novigrad (assistant)
2023	Honka (assistant)
2024–2025	Ilves U19
2025–	Ilves II

Career

Born in Tampere, Miettinen played football in the youth sectors of TPV, Haka, TKT Tampere and PP-70. After fulfilling the mandatory conscription service in Finland, Miettinen moved to St. Petersburg, Russia when aged 21, to study football coaching at the Lesgafta University.^[1] During his studies, Miettinen had stints working as analyst for Zenit Academy and Dinamo Zagreb Academy in Croatia.^[2] During 2016–2019, he worked for the Zenit Saint Petersburg organisation as analyst and the academy director.^[3][4]

In 2019, he moved to Italy and joined Giorgione as assistant coach with Gert Remmel.^[5][6]

During 2020–2022, he worked for the academy of Cypriot club Pafos and as assistant coach of Croatian club NK Novigrad.^[7]

In January 2023, Miettinen returned to Finland and started as assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club Honka. Next year he was named the head coach of the under-19 team of Veikkausliiga club Ilves, leading the team to finish third in the domestic league.^[8][9] In February 2025, after the departure of Guillem Santesmases, Miettinen was named the head coach of the club's reserve team Ilves II.^{[10][11][12][13]}