Kai Pahlman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kai Pahlman

Finnish footballer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1935

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 08-Mar-2013

Profession: actor, writer, composer, pianist, association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kai Pahlman (8 July 1935 – 8 March 2013) was a Finnish association football forward and coach.
Between 1954 and 1968 he capped 56 times for the Finland national football team, scoring 13 goals.
At club level Pahlman played for HPS, HJK and Reipas.
Pahlman invented the curl ball, that he called The Banana Shot.
Pahlman was the son of Finnish musician Helge Pahlman and an accomplished piano player and composer.
He appeared as a piano player in the 1961 musical film Tähtisumua and composed music for several short documentaries in 1973.