Mixu Paatelainen
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| Full name | Mika Matti Petteri Paatelainen[1] | |
| Date of birth | 3 February 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1985–1987 1987–1992 1992–1994 1994–1997 1997–1998 1998–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 |
FC Haka Dundee United Aberdeen Bolton Wanderers Wolves Hibernian RC Strasbourg Hibernian St. Johnstone St. Mirren Totals |
48 (18) 133 (33) 75 (23) 69 (15) 22 (0) 93 (32) 7 (0) 24 (7) 32 (11) 15 (4) 518 (143) |
| National team | ||
| 1989–2003 | Finland | 70 (18) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 |
Cowdenbeath TPS Hibernian |
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Mika Matti Petteri "Mixu" Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967 in Helsinki) is a Finnish football player and manager. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time eighth most capped player and third top goalscorer. He is the eldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football.
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[edit] Playing career
In October 1987, Scottish Premier Division club Dundee United signed him from FC Haka for £100,000. He became their top scorer twice. He was then transferred to Aberdeen for £400,000 in February 1992, and further to English club Bolton Wanderers in 1994. As Bolton gained promotion to the Premiership he became the first Finn to play in the new league. Paatelainen also played in the 1995 Football League Cup Final, in which Wanderers were beaten 2–1 by Liverpool.
Other teams he played for included English club Wolverhampton Wanderers and Scottish clubs Hibernian, St. Johnstone and St. Mirren. He also played for a season at French club RC Strasbourg. He is fondly remembered by Hibernian supporters for his hat-trick in a 6–2 victory over rivals Heart of Midlothian on 22 October 2000.[2] During his playing career he scored 143 league goals.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Cowdenbeath
Having previously worked as a coach while still playing for St. Johnstone and St. Mirren, Paatelainen was appointed full-time manager of Scottish Third Division part-time football team Cowdenbeath in August 2005. In his first season, he guided the Blue Brazil to their first league title in 67 years. He signed his brothers Markus and Mikko for the club.
[edit] TPS
On 21 October 2006, Paatelainen resigned as manager of Cowdenbeath to join Finnish club TPS. He guided TPS to third place and UEFA Intertoto Cup qualification in what was to be his only season in charge.
[edit] Hibernian
Paatelainen was linked with the managerial vacancy at former club Hibernian in December 2007, and he was appointed on 10 January 2008.[3]. He took the Hibs job at a time when they had only won one of their previous ten games and had slipped into the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League. Hibs' results improved initially improved under Paatelainen and the club secured a place in the top half of the league.
During the 2008–09 season, however, Paatelainen has come under increasing pressure from Hibs fans[4] due to poor results and his favouring of a 4-3-3 system.[5] Paatelainen eventually abandoned 4-3-3 in favour of a more orthodox 4-4-2 system.[6] He was criticised by Abdessalam Benjelloun, who accused Paatelainen of favouring outdated long ball tactics.[6] Paatelainen responded by saying that Benjelloun was "frustrated" at not being a regular pick for club or country.[6] A poor run of results early in 2009 led to many Hibs supporters calling for Paatelainen to be sacked,[7] but he did manage to lead the team into the top half of the league again. Paatelainen was also praised by the media for his tactical approach in winning the last Edinburgh derby of the season,[8] but he left the job by mutual consent at the end of May after a disappointing season.[9][10]
[edit] In popular culture
Paatelainen's time at Bolton Wanderers led to him being mentioned in the comedy show Phoenix Nights.[11] This happened when the doormen Max & Paddy drunkenly made a prank call to their boss Brian Potter, claiming that Paatelainen worked at the Coroner's office in Bolton and that the club was on fire.
[edit] References
- ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 475. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "Will Hibs miss Mixu?". BBC Sport Online. 2009-06-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8078288.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Paatelainen is new Hibs manager". BBC Sport website. 10 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/7180691.stm.
- ^ Black, Jim. Ex-hero Paatalainen becoming the villain of the piece, The Observer, 18 January 2009.
- ^ Time for Hibs to deliver, Edinburgh Evening News, 13 November 2008.
- ^ a b c Gordon, Moira. Staying power | An interview witih Mixu Paatelainen, Scotland on Sunday, 7 December 2008.
- ^ Paatelainen held culpable as Hibs toil to break out of spiral of decline, The Scotsman, 24 February 2009.
- ^ Mike Aitken: Hearts stopped as Hibs show guts at Tynecastle, The Scotsman, 9 May 2009.
- ^ Mixu Paatelainen, Hibernian F.C. official site.
- ^ "Paatelainen parts with Hibernian". BBC Sport. 2009-05-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8074794.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
- ^ Gordon, Moira. Mixu arrives all clued up, Scotland on Sunday, 13 January 2008.
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