Pasi Rautiainen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pasi Rautiainen

Finnish footballer

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1961

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Pasi Rautiainen

  • Pasi Pentti Rautiainen (born 18 July 1961) is Finnish football manager and former player.
  • He has coached PK-35, FC Jokerit and FC KooTeePee in Finland and FC Levadia Tallinn and FC Flora Tallinn in Estonia.
  • His last club was TPS.Rautiainen was very talented as a young player, and he joined Bayern Munich at the age of just 18 in 1980.
  • He only made one appearance for the club, but was still named German champion with Bayern in the 1980–81 season.
  • Rautiainen later made 115 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen (1981–82) and Arminia Bielefeld (1982–1985), scoring 14 goals.
  • He also played in the 2.
  • Bundesliga for Bielefeld and SG Wattenscheid 09.
  • In Finland Rautiainen played for HJK Helsinki, winning the Finnish championship in 1978 and 1990.
  • He also earned 25 caps for the Finland national football team, scoring once.
  • 1982 the sports journalists of his home country elected him Finnish Footballer of the Year. Rautiainen is also a popular football pundit in Finland.
  • He's known for his energetic and enthusiastic behavior when talking about anything concerning football.
  • He commented UEFA Champions League games for the TV channel Nelonen.
  • In the 2003–04 season, he promised he'd walk from Helsinki to Porvoo (some 50 kilometres) if Deportivo were able to knock A.C.
  • Milan out in the quarter finals which indeed happened.
  • He never wore socks even when live on TV.
  • He was also featured on the broadcasts of Estonian channel ETV during the 2006 World Cup.
  • Now he works as a studio commentator in Finland's national team matches.
  • He also continues to work as studio commentator for Champions League and English Premier League broadcasts.

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