Juha Malinen
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Juha Malinen is an experienced Finnish
football manager, who manages AC Oulu
.
In February 2007 Malinen signed a contract with Kazakhstan
's FC Shakhter
of Karaganda
and was also appointed as a manager of U-21 National Team of Kazakhstan
. FC Shakhter and Malinen parted their ways after 7 months. Malinen was quite successful as the FC Shakhter was left at third position at the midseason. Malinen will continue as a manager of U-21 National Team of Kazakhstan, while moving back to Finland.
Before FC Shakhter Malinen managed KuPS
in 2006 in Veikkausliiga
(Finnish Premier League).
, Department of Education.
He started his career as a teacher just before he would have graduated. While working as a teacher he found himself yearning for a job where he could see more concretely the impact of his work. He soon became interested in football coaching.
(secondary education). He was hired to be the school's football coach. At Kastelli, Malinen trained soon to be Finnish internationals such as Antti Niemi and Mika Nurmela
. Ville Nylund and Aarno Turpeinen, who became later core players of top team in Finland, HJK Helsinki
were also at Kastelli. Besides coaching at Kastelli, Malinen taught sports and craft at a nearby School for Hearing impaired persons.
Kastelli football team was unexpectedly successful in 1989 when it went through to School World Championships 1989 in Florence
, Italy
. Malinen's "brickwall" -tactic was a good match with inexperienced finns, which didn't lose any games, but were still knocked out in second stage by France (Auxerre
academy) with penalties. France became the champions and Kastelli finished in 5th place. It was this tournament, where Malinen first gained reputation and proved to himself that he could lead a successful career as a football manager.
After Kastelli, Malinen was hired as a manager of Rauman Pallo. During his time at Rauma, he became full-time football manager. Two players from Kastelli, Antti Niemi and Mika Nurmela followed Malinen to Rauman Pallo.
. With surprising Finnish Cup
win in 1994 and bronze medal in 1996 Malinen stepped at TPS into the limelight as one of the most promising managers in Finnish Premier League.
and small town of Anjalankoski
. Backed by the strong local forest industry magnates, Malinen was given quite free hands at combining his team. This was the first time when he had some leverage - even the TPS, one of the biggest Finnish clubs, was cash-strapped.
Malinen's time at MyPa was somewhat successful (3 medals but only limited UEFA Cup success). MyPa's current manager Ilkka Mäkelä
came on board during those times as an assistant manager.
. Malinen brought in two veteran players from MyPa and energized the club. The youth system was completely revamped and the building of a new stadium was started. KuPS won First Division and next year landed to 10th place easily avoiding the relegation play-off.
The squad was very young, with some international prospects like Berat Sadik
, Pyry Kärkkäinen
, Mohamed Kamara
(Medo) and Patrick Bantamoi
. Year 2006 was started with the most promising way as KuPS won the Finnish League cup - the first trophy for the club in 17 years. Unfortunately KuPS's performance in the league wasn't good enough. The team was relegated and Malinen was released from the club in December 2006.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
football manager, who manages AC Oulu
AC Oulu
AC Oulu is a Finnish football club, based in Oulu. The club's coach is Juha Malinen, and it plays its home matches at Raatin Stadion.-History :...
.
In February 2007 Malinen signed a contract with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
's FC Shakhter
FC Shakhter
"FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar .FC Shakhter are a Kazakh football based in the Shakhtyor Stadium in Karagandy. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992...
of Karaganda
Karaganda
Karagandy , more commonly known by its Russian name Karaganda, , is the capital of Karagandy Province in Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty , Astana and Shymkent, with a population of 471,800 . In the 1940s up to 70% of the city's inhabitants were ethnic...
and was also appointed as a manager of U-21 National Team of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan national under-21 football team
The Kazakhstan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Kazakhstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan...
. FC Shakhter and Malinen parted their ways after 7 months. Malinen was quite successful as the FC Shakhter was left at third position at the midseason. Malinen will continue as a manager of U-21 National Team of Kazakhstan, while moving back to Finland.
Before FC Shakhter Malinen managed KuPS
KuPS
Kuopion Palloseura is a Finnish football club, based in the 8th most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. The team plays its home matches at Kuopion keskuskenttä...
in 2006 in Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...
(Finnish Premier League).
Biography
Malinen was ending his short career as a football player in 1978 when he decided to enroll to University of OuluUniversity of Oulu
The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff...
, Department of Education.
He started his career as a teacher just before he would have graduated. While working as a teacher he found himself yearning for a job where he could see more concretely the impact of his work. He soon became interested in football coaching.
Manager career start
In 1986 Malinen found a job for his liking at Kastelli Sports GymnasiumGymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(secondary education). He was hired to be the school's football coach. At Kastelli, Malinen trained soon to be Finnish internationals such as Antti Niemi and Mika Nurmela
Mika Nurmela
Mika Nurmela is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.- Trivia :He is a right sided player who has played most of his career as a wide midfielder or winger, but can also play at full back....
. Ville Nylund and Aarno Turpeinen, who became later core players of top team in Finland, HJK Helsinki
HJK Helsinki
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...
were also at Kastelli. Besides coaching at Kastelli, Malinen taught sports and craft at a nearby School for Hearing impaired persons.
Kastelli football team was unexpectedly successful in 1989 when it went through to School World Championships 1989 in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Malinen's "brickwall" -tactic was a good match with inexperienced finns, which didn't lose any games, but were still knocked out in second stage by France (Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
academy) with penalties. France became the champions and Kastelli finished in 5th place. It was this tournament, where Malinen first gained reputation and proved to himself that he could lead a successful career as a football manager.
After Kastelli, Malinen was hired as a manager of Rauman Pallo. During his time at Rauma, he became full-time football manager. Two players from Kastelli, Antti Niemi and Mika Nurmela followed Malinen to Rauman Pallo.
U15 and U16 National teams
In summer 1990 Malinen was made U15 and U16 national team manager by Finnish FA. He led his team in 1991 and 1992 European Championships. After about four years of coaching the national teams Malinen wanted to get back into more rapid life of club football.Shows promise in Premier League
He returned to his hometown Oulu and FC Oulu, which did get promoted next year. Besides being promoted, the club was hampered by financial difficulties, so Malinen went to TPSTurun Palloseura
Turun Palloseura, TPS for short and nicknamed Tepsi, is a Finnish football club based in Turku. The club was founded in 1922. TPS currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football. They play their home matches at the 9,372 seater Veritas Stadion, Turku.-History:FC TPS Turku...
. With surprising Finnish Cup
Finnish Cup
The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...
win in 1994 and bronze medal in 1996 Malinen stepped at TPS into the limelight as one of the most promising managers in Finnish Premier League.
Long and fruitful stretch at MyPa
In 1998 Malinen moved from the former capital of Finland to the opposite side of Finland, to MyPaMyPa
Myllykosken Pallo –47 is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial town of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola since January 2009. They currently play in the Finnish Premier Division...
and small town of Anjalankoski
Anjalankoski
Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 17,301 inhabitants . About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there is plenty of countryside.The town's major industry is...
. Backed by the strong local forest industry magnates, Malinen was given quite free hands at combining his team. This was the first time when he had some leverage - even the TPS, one of the biggest Finnish clubs, was cash-strapped.
Malinen's time at MyPa was somewhat successful (3 medals but only limited UEFA Cup success). MyPa's current manager Ilkka Mäkelä
Ilkka Mäkelä
Ilkka Mäkelä is a Finnish football manager and former player, who is the current headcoach of Finland's youth teams....
came on board during those times as an assistant manager.
New challenge
After several years at MyPa, Malinen was looking for a new challenge. It was answered in form of one of the most traditional and successful clubs of all-time Finnish Football, KuPS. The team had just been relegated to First DivisionYkkönen
Ykkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...
. Malinen brought in two veteran players from MyPa and energized the club. The youth system was completely revamped and the building of a new stadium was started. KuPS won First Division and next year landed to 10th place easily avoiding the relegation play-off.
The squad was very young, with some international prospects like Berat Sadik
Berat Sadik
Berat Sadik born 14 September 1986 in Skopje, FYR Macedonia) is a Finnish footballer playing for HJK of the Finnish Veikkausliiga.- Early life :...
, Pyry Kärkkäinen
Pyry Kärkkäinen
Pyry Kärkkäinen is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for AC Oulu in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.-Club career:...
, Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara , widely known as Medo, is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FK Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga.He also has a Finnish citizenship.-Biography:...
(Medo) and Patrick Bantamoi
Patrick Bantamoi
Patrick Bantamoi is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Telstar in the Dutch second division and the Sierra Leonean national team....
. Year 2006 was started with the most promising way as KuPS won the Finnish League cup - the first trophy for the club in 17 years. Unfortunately KuPS's performance in the league wasn't good enough. The team was relegated and Malinen was released from the club in December 2006.
Club career
- Manager, AC Oulu, First Division of Finland 2008-
- Manager, FC Shakhter, Premier League of Kazakhstan 1/2007-7/2007.
- Manager, KuPS, First Division 2004, Veikkausliiga 2005, 2006.
- Manager, MyPa, Premier League 1997-2003.
- Manager, TPS, Premier League, 1993-1997.
- Manager, FC Oulu, First Division, 1992-1993.
- U15 and U16 national team manager, FA of Finland, 1990-1993.
- Manager, Rauman Pallo, Second Division, 1989-1990.
- Manager, Oulun Luistinseura, Second Division, 1988-1989.
- Manager, Pelimiehet (Oulu), Second Division, 1987-1988.
- Head coach, Kastelli Sports Gymnasium, 1986-1989.
- Junior coach (D, C and B-boys), Oulun Luistinseura, 1982-1988.
- Junior coach (B-girls, C-boys), ASSI IF (Karlsborg, Sweden), 1977.
Other
- TV-commentator, National broadcasting association, channels YLE1 & YLE2, 2003-2006.
- National Team Qualification games: Euro 2004 Finals
- Dean, Football Talent Academy, (Kouvola region), 2002-2003.
- Specially designed training for 15 to 18-year-old-boys
- Instructor, FA of Finland, 1990-1993.
- Instructor, A-, B- & junior (NuVK) coaching license courses
- Teacher, Kastelli Sports Gymnasium, 1986-1989
Achievements
- Most promising coach in Finland, Finnish Cup Winner, 1994.
- Manager of the year, Bronze medal 1996.
- Premier League coach of the year, Bronze medal, 1999.
- Bronze medal, 2000.
- Bronze medal, 2001.
- Silver medal, 2002.
- Finnish League Cup winner, 2006.
Career statistics
- 16 UEFA Cup-games (4-4-8)
- 333 Finnish Premier League games (141-82-110), 4th most experienced Premier League Manager in Finland.
- 48 Finnish U15/U16 games (20-11-17)
Football related
- UEFA Pro-license, FA of FinlandFootball Association of FinlandThe Football Association of Finland is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in 1907, and was also the governing body of bandy in Finland until the bandy association, Suomen Jääpalloliitto, was founded in 1972....
, 2003. - Professional coaching license (JVK), FA of Finland, 1990-1991.
- International coaching license, preliminary course, FA of EnglandThe Football AssociationThe Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
, 1989. - A-license, FA of Finland, 1988.
- B-license, FA of Finland, 1986.
Academic
- Primary school teacher, University of Oulu, Faculty of Education. 1978-1983 (nearly completed MSc. in Education).