Kai Nyyssönen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | KuPS | 27 | (6) |
| 1992–1995 | Haka | 88 | (13) |
| 1995–1998 | RWD Molenbeek | 46 | (6) |
| 1998 | Córdoba | 22 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Motherwell | 3 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Haka | 76 | (22) |
| 2001–2002 | Chania | 8 | (1) |
| 2002 | Hämeenlinna | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | PP-70 | 35 | (9) |
| 2004–2006 | KuPS | 24 | (1) |
| Total | 300 | (57) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Finland | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | KuPS | ||
| 2015–2016 | Finland U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Finland U19 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Finland U20 | ||
| 2017–2019 | Finland U18 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Finland U19 | ||
| 2020– | Finland U16 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kai Nyyssönen (born 10 June 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped twice by Finland national football team in 1996–1997. After retiring as a player, Nyyssönen became a football manager.
His elder brother is fellow player Harri Nyyssönen.
Playing career[edit]
Born in Kuopio, Nyyssönen played club football in Finland for KuPS, Haka, Hämeenlinna and PP-70, in Belgium for RWD Molenbeek, in Spain for Córdoba, in Scotland for Motherwell (where he scored once against Dundee United),[1] and in Greece for Chania.
He also earned two caps for Finland between 1996 and 1997.
Coaching career[edit]
Nyyssönen managed KuPS in Ykkönen and Veikkausliiga between 2007 and 2009.
Since 2015, he has been a head coach of various Finnish youth national teams, currently the head coach of Finland U15 and Finland U16.[2][3]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 7 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KuPS | 1990 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 6 | – | – | 26 | 6 | |||
| Total | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 6 | ||
| Haka | 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 8 | – | – | 32 | 8 | ||
| 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 4 | – | – | 18 | 4 | |||
| 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 88 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 88 | 13 | ||
| RWD Molenbeek | 1995–96 | Belgian First Division | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 14 | 4 | |
| 1996–97 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 1997–98 | Belgian First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||
| Córdoba | 1998–99 | Segunda División B | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | |
| Motherwell | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 3 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| Haka | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 32 | 12 |
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 33 | 7 | |
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Total | 66 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 79 | 23 | ||
| Chania | 2001–02 | Alpha Ethniki | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| Hämeenlinna | 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| PP-70 | 2003 | Ykkönen | ||||||||
| 2004 | Ykkönen | |||||||||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | ||
| KuPS | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 321 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 337 | 64 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Belgian Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Champions League
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
Honours[edit]
Haka
References[edit]
- ^ "Motherwell 1 Dundee United 0". Sporting Life. 30 August 1998.
- ^ U15-päävalmentaja Kai Nyyssönen: "Takana on antoisa leiri", Finnish FA, 9 February 2023
- ^ Maajoukkuevalmentajan tyly arvio: Pohjois-Savossa on vain yksi huippulahjakas juniorijalkapalloilija, Savon Sanomat, 4 December 2023
External links[edit]
- Kai Nyyssönen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kai Nyyssönen at WorldFootball.net
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kuopio
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
- FC Haka players
- FC Hämeenlinna players
- Córdoba CF players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Finnish football managers
- Kuopion Palloseura managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Veikkausliiga managers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Super League Greece 2 players
- Segunda División B players
- AO Chania F.C. players
- Association football coaches