Martti Kuusela

Martti Kuusela

Personal information
Date of birth	9 October 1945 (1945-10-09)
Place of birth	Rovaniemi, Finland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1963–1964	RoPS	?	(4)
1967	OTP	?	(11)
1965–1968	MP	?	(20)
1969–1971	HIFK	?	(7)
1972	HJK	21	(3)
1973–1974	Haka	43	(8)
1975–1976	FC Ilves	?	(4)
1977–1978	FinnPa	?	(4)
National team
	Finland	2	(0)
Teams managed
1979	GrIFK
1980-81	HJK
1982-87	Finland
1989	B 1903
1990	HJK
1991	Beerschot
1992-94	Budapest Honvéd FC
1994-95	Proodeftiki FC
1995-96	Apollon Limassol
1997	FinnPa
2000-2001	Panionios FC
2005	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
2008	TPS Turku
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Martti Kuusela (born 9 October 1945 in Rovaniemi) is an internationally successful Finnish football manager.

Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with HJK Helsinki. He was the head coach of the Finnish national team from 1982 to 1987, helping the team to the brink of qualifying for the 1986 World Cup.

Kuusela has worked as coach in Belgium, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark and Hungary. He led Budapest Honvéd FC to the Hungarian championship in 1993. Kuusela coached Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece in 2005. On 15 January 2008, TPS announced they had appointed Kuusela as their new manager. He took the reins at TPS when the previous manager Mixu Paatelainen left the club to become manager of Hibernian F.C. in Scotland. Kuusela was sacked in September 2008 just a few weeks before the end of the season. Kuusela also works as an expert commentator for YLE.

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