Miika Nuutinen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Tuusula, Finland | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK (interim manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TuPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| TuPS | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022–2023 | Klubi 04 | ||
| 2024 | TPS | ||
| 2025 | HJK (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | HJK (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2024 | |||
Miika Nuutinen (born 10 September 1991) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who is currently the interim manager of HJK Helsinki. As a teenager, Nuutinen played in the fourth-tier Kolmonen with TuPS, before starting his coaching career at the age of 17.[1]
Nuutinen has a UEFA Pro -coaching license. He has also graduated in a bachelor's degree programme of Sports Coaching and Management in the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences.[2][3] Since June 2022, Nuutinen works also as a football pundit for Yle Sport.[4]
Coaching career
Nuutinen started football coaching in his former youth club Tuusulan Palloseura as a youth coach, additionally working with another local club PK Keski-Uusimaa youth sector. In 2017, Nuutinen started as a youth talent coach in Vantaan Jalkapalloseura,[5][6] and in late 2019 he joined Käpylän Pallo U17-team.[1][7]
Klubi 04
On 30 November 2021, it was announced that Nuutinen was named the head coach of Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK Helsinki.[8] At the end of the 2023 season, he led the team to gain a spot in new Ykkönen.
Nuutinen also coached HJK U19 youth squad in 2023–24 UEFA Youth League, where the team advanced by defeating Malmö FF, before eventually losing to Nantes on penalties, after drawing them 1–1 on aggregate.[9]
TPS
In September 2023, Nuutinen was named the manager of Turun Palloseura in the new Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga, on a three-year deal starting in 2024 season.[10][11][12][13] Nuutinen left TPS after one season due to club's financial problems.[14]
HJK Helsinki
On 8 January 2025, Nuutinen was named an assistant coach of HJK Helsinki, in a coaching staff of Toni Korkeakunnas.[15] On 4 May, after Korkeakunnas was sacked, Nuutinen was named the interim manager of the team.
Managerial statistics
- As of 1 July 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| Klubi 04 | 1 January 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 54 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 120 | 76 | +44 | 50.00 | |
| TPS | 1 January 2024 | 31 December 2024 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 47.22 | |
| HJK Helsinki | 5 May 2025 | present | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 81.82 | |
| Total | 101 | 53 | 22 | 26 | 211 | 129 | +82 | 52.48 | |||
References
- ^ a b KäPa-koutsit esittäytyvät: Miika Nuutinen, kapylanpallo.fi, 8 July 2020
- ^ Suhteellinen ikävaikutus Suomen Palloliiton Uudenmaan piirin poikien piirijoukkueissa vuosina 2000-2014, theseus.fi
- ^ Degree Programme in Sports Coaching and Management, haaga-helia.fi
- ^ HJK Klubi 04:n Miika Nuutinen mukana Ylen MM-studioissa – ”Oma suhtautumiseni on ristiriitainen”, hjk.fi, 16 November 2022
- ^ ”KOVAA VAUHTIA KEHITTYVÄ VJS HOUKUTTI” – MIIKA NUUTINEN TALENTTIVALMENTAJAKSI, vjs.fi
- ^ Tuusulalainen Miika Nuutinen on mielenkiintoinen tulevaisuuden valmentajakasvo, Keski-Uusimaa, 7 November 2017
- ^ MIIKA NUUTINEN: ”MIKSI HALUAISIN TEHDÄ MUUTA?”, Finnish FA, 22 December 2020
- ^ HJK Klubi 04:n valmennukseen muutoksia, hjk.fi, 30 November 2021
- ^ Kiitos, Miika!, hjk.fi, 26 November 2023
- ^ TPS KIINNITTI PÄÄVALMENTAJAKSEEN NUOREN HUIPPULUPAUKSEN – MIIKA NUUTINEN VALMENTAA TEPSIÄ KAUDET 2024-2026, fc.tps.fi, 6 September 2023
- ^ Miika Nuutinen valmentaa TPS:ää ensi kaudesta alkaen, Yle, 6 September 2023
- ^ TPS:n yllätysveto: palkkasi 31-vuotiaan Ylen asiantuntijan uudeksi päävalmentajaksi, Ilta-Sanomat, 6 September 2023
- ^ Varmat lähtijät, uudet testimiehet, tulos pahasti miinuksella ja nuoret valmentajat kuplan puhkojina – lue, mistä asetelmista TPS lähtee uuteen kauteen, Turun Sanomat, 4 December 2023
- ^ MUUTOKSIA TPS:N MIESTEN EDUSTUSJOUKKUEEN VALMENNUKSEEN, fc.tps.fi, 2 January 2025
- ^ Miika Nuutinen vahvistamaan HJK:n valmennusta, hjk.fi, 8 January 2025
External links
- FC TPS profile
- Miika Nuutinen at WorldFootball.net