Olli Huttunen

For the Finnish biathlete, see Olli Huttunen (biathlete).

Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Huttunen is currently the CEO of Veikkausliiga club Haka. Huttunen was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2018

Olli Huttunen

Personal information
Full name	Olavi Huttunen
Date of birth	(1960-08-04) 4 August 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth	Kajaani, Finland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Haka (CEO)
Youth career
	KaPa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1995	FC Haka	432	(0)
International career
1980–1992	Finland	61	(0)
Managerial career
1998–2002	Haka (assistant)
2002–2009	Haka
2010–2011	Finland (assistant)
2010–2011	Finland (caretaker)
2010–2011	Haka (sporting director)
2012–2015	VPS
2016–	Haka (chief executive officer)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Considered as one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka throughout his career. He ended up winning one Finnish championship and three Finnish Cups with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland.^[1]

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

On 1 September 2016, Huttunen was named the CEO of Haka.^[2][3]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 1995^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valkeakosken Haka	1978	Mestaruussarja	3	0	–		3	0
	1979	Mestaruussarja	10	0	–		10	0
	1980	Mestaruussarja	25	0	–		25	0
	1981	Mestaruussarja	29	0	2[a]	0	31	0
	1982	Mestaruussarja	29	0	–		29	0
	1983	Mestaruussarja	29	0	6[b]	0	35	0
	1984	Mestaruussarja	26	0	–		26	0
	1985	Mestaruussarja	22	0	–		22	0
	1986	Mestaruussarja	22	0	2[b]	0	24	0
	1987	Mestaruussarja	22	0	–		22	0
	1988	Mestaruussarja	28	0	–		28	0
	1989	Mestaruussarja	27	0	2[b]	0	29	0
	1990	Veikkausliiga	24	0	–		24	0
	1991	Veikkausliiga	33	0	–		33	0
	1992	Veikkausliiga	30	0	–		30	0
	1993	Veikkausliiga	22	0	–		22	0
	1994	Veikkausliiga	24	0	–		24	0
	1995	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		26	0
	Total		432	0	12	0	444	0
Career total			432	0	12	0	444	0

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Honours

As player

• Finnish Championship: 1995
• Finnish Cup: 1982, 1985, 1988
• Finnish Footballer of the Year: 1982, 1984

As assistant coach

• Finnish Championship: 1998, 1999, 2000
• Finnish Cup: 1997

As head coach

• Finnish Championship: 2004
• Finnish Cup: 2002, 2005

Individual

• Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2002
• Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: May 2009,^[5] October 2013,^[6] October 2014^[7]
• Veikkausliiga Best Coach: 2013^[8]