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Mixu Paatelainen

Mika-Matti "Mixu" Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish football player and is the current manager of Hibernian. Mixu is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time twelfth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer.

Mixu Paatelainen
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Mixu Paatelainen
Personal information
Full nameMika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen[1]
Date of birth (1967-02-03) 3 February 1967 (age 57)
Place of birthHelsinki, Finland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1987Valkeakosken Haka48(18)
1987–1992Dundee United133(33)
1992–1994Aberdeen75(23)
1994–1997Bolton Wanderers69(15)
1997–1998Wolverhampton Wanderers23(0)
1998–2001Hibernian93(32)
2001–2002RC Strasbourg7(0)
2002–2003Hibernian24(7)
2003–2004St Johnstone33(11)
2004–2005St Mirren16(4)
2005Cowdenbeath1(0)
Total522(143)
National team
1989–2000Finland70(18)
Teams managed
2005–2006Cowdenbeath
2006–2007TPS
2008–2009Hibernian
2010–2011Kilmarnock
2011–2015Finland
2015–2016Dundee United
2018Ubon UMT United
2018Latvia
2019–2021Hong Kong
2022HIFK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Haka 1985 Mestaruussarja 11 5 * * — — 11 5
1986 Mestaruussarja 19 6 * * — — 19 6
1987 Mestaruussarja 18 7 * * — — 18 7
Total 48 18 — — 48 18
Dundee United 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division 19 9 6 2 0 0 — 25 11
1988–89 Scottish Premier Division 33 10 6 4 3 3 3 0 45 17
1989–90 Scottish Premier Division 31 7 2 1 2 0 3 1 38 9
1990–91 Scottish Premier Division 20 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 26 1
1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 30 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 35 9
Total 133 33 17 8 10 5 9 1 169 47
Aberdeen 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 6 1 0 0 0 0 — 6 1
1992–93 Scottish Premier Division 33 16 6 1 2 3 — 41 20
1993–94 Scottish Premier Division 36 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 44 7
Total 75 23 9 1 4 3 3 1 91 28
Bolton Wanderers 1994–95 First Division 44 12 1 0 8 2 — 53 14
1995–96 Premier League 15 1 1 0 1 0 — 17 1
1996–97 First Division 10 2 0 0 0 0 — 10 2
Total 69 15 2 0 9 2 — 80 17
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1997–98 First Division 23 0 5 4 5 1 — 33 5
Hibernian 1998–99 Scottish First Division 26 12 2 0 0 0 — 28 12
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 31 9 4 1 0 0 — 35 10
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 36 11 5 1 2 0 — 43 12
Total 93 32 11 2 2 0 0 0 106 34
Strasbourg 2001–02 Division 2 7 0 * * * * 1 0 8 0
Hibernian 2002–03 Scottish Premier League 24 7 3 0 2 0 — 29 7
St Johnstone 2003–04 Scottish First Division 33 11 1 0 3 2 — 37 13
St Mirren 2004–05 Scottish First Division 16 4 0 0 1 1 — 17 5
Career total 521 143 48 15 36 14 13 2 618 174
  • Asterisk (*) indicates that more matches and goals may yet emerge as cup records are investigated.

International goals

[5]

      Win       Draw       Loss

No. Date Home team Visiting team Goals Score Result Venue Competition
1. 11 January 1988   Czechoslovakia   Finland   14' 1–0 (pen.) 2–0 Loss Estadio Insular, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain Friendly
2. 19 October 1988   Wales   Finland   45' 2–2 2–2 Draw Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales FIFA World Cup 1990 qualification
3. 11 January 1989   Egypt   Finland   14' 1–1 2–1 Loss El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt Friendly
4. 11 November 1991   Tunisia   Finland   43' 0–1 1–2 Win Tunis, Tunisia Friendly
5. 13 March 1991   Poland   Finland   20' 1–1 1–1 Draw Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Friendly
6. 13 May 1993   Finland   Austria   18' 1–0 3–1 Win Urheilupuisto, Turku, Finland FIFA World Cup 1994 qualification
7. 16 November 1994   Finland   Faroe Islands   75' 4–0 5–0 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
8. do. do. do.   85' 5–0 do. Win do. do.
9. 14 December 1994   Finland   San Marino   24' 1–0 4–1 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
10. do do. do.   30' 2–0 do. Win do. do.
11. do. do. do.   86' 3–1 do. Win do. do.
12. do. do. do.   90' 4–1 do. Win do. do.
13. 26 April 1995   Faroe Islands   Finland   75' 0–2 0–4 Win Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroese Islands UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
14. 2 April 1997   Azerbaijan   Finland   64' 0–2 1–2 Win Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan FIFA World Cup 1998 qualification
15. 5 September 1998   Finland   Moldova   63' 3–2 3–2 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
16. 14 October 1998   Turkey   Finland   6' 0–1 1–3 Win Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
17. 28 April 1999   Slovenia   Finland   22' 0–1 (pen.) 1–1 Draw Bežigrad Central Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Friendly
18. 5 June 1999   Finland   Turkey   14' 2–0 2–4 Loss Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 2000 qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 October 2022
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Cowdenbeath   1 July 2005 1 October 2006 51 29 7 15 111 62 +49 56.86
TPS   1 October 2006 10 January 2008 34 15 5 14 57 41 +16 44.12
Hibernian   10 January 2008 29 May 2009 62 19 18 25 68 74 −6 30.65
Kilmarnock   23 June 2010 31 March 2011 34 15 6 13 55 44 +11 44.12
Finland   31 March 2011 15 June 2015 44 17 9 18 59 62 −3 38.64
Dundee United   14 October 2015 4 May 2016 30 8 4 18 33 52 −19 26.67
Ubon UMT United   13 January 2018 22 April 2018 11 2 1 8 12 18 −6 18.18
Latvia   10 May 2018 4 December 2018 9 1 5 3 5 10 −5 11.11
Hong Kong   9 April 2019 30 June 2021 12 1 2 9 4 24 −20 &08.33
HIFK   17 April 2022 5 October 2022 22 1 5 16 17 61 −44 &04.55
Total 309 108 62 139 421 448 −27 34.95

Honours

Player

Valkeakosken Haka

Bolton Wanderers

Hibernian

Manager

Cowdenbeath

Latvia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 475. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbooks and Sky Sports Yearbooks 1988–2011
  3. ↑ Jalkapallokirja 2008. Suomen palloliiton julkaisu.
  4. ↑ Veikkaaja 2011.
  5. ↑ Yrjö Lautela & Göran Wallén (eds.): Rakas jalkapallo. Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa. Teos, Helsinki, 2007.
  6. ↑ Moore, Glenn (2 April 1995). Liverpool prevail in cup final to savour. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/liverpool-prevail-in-cup-final-to-savour-1614114.html. Retrieved 3 April 2024. 
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