Matti Paatelainen

Matti Paatelainen
Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth	Äänekoski, Finland
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966	Urho
1967–1968	HPS
1969–1972	HIFK
1973–1977	FC Haka
International career
1970–1977	Finland
Managerial career
1979–1980	FC Haka
1993	Ilves
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Date of birth 17 July 1944 (age 80)

Place of birth Äänekoski, Finland

Position(s) Striker

Years Team

Matti Paatelainen (born 17 June 1944) is a Finnish former international footballer who played as a striker.

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1993	Tolsa Tammisalo Hirviniemi Lehtonen von Frenckell Pahlman Sarnola Soinio Rytkönen Myntti Viinioksa
1994	Grönlund Peltonen
1996	Asikainen
1997	Walden Laaksonen
2003	Karjagin Poroila Hjelm
2005	Eklöf Kautonen
2007	Soinio Malm Näsman Lindholm Suhonen Ismail Sarlin
2010	Lehtovirta Haaskivi Krutelew Paatelainen Salopuro
2012	Mäkinen Toivola
2014	Österberg Kalmari
2015	Hyypiä Litmanen Seppälä Mäkipää
2016	Mattsson Heinonen Ranta Kuusela
2017	Lempinen Hämäläinen Alaja
2018	Enckelman Heliskoski Kaasinen Elovirta Wallén Mäkelä Forssell Syrjävaara Huttunen Yliharju
2019	Liukkonen Johansson Rissanen Voutilainen Muurinen
2020	Popovitch
2021	Lahtinen Luhtanen Ojala P. Rautiainen
2022	Peltoniemi Ukkonen Lahtinen Valkonen
2023	Armstrong Vakkila J. Rautiainen Julin
2024	Nieminen Rantanen Ikäläinen

Personal life

Personal information
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