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Feb 03, 1967 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland 57 years old
Finnish footballer
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About Mixu Paatelainen
- Mika-Matti Petteri "Mixu" Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967) is a retired Finnish football player and current manager of the Hong Kong national team.
- He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland’s all time thirteenth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer.
- He is the eldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football.
- Their father Matti was also a Finnish international. Paatelainen had a 20-year playing career, playing for nine different clubs in four countries.
- Most of his career was spent in the Scottish leagues, with Dundee United, Aberdeen, Hibernian, St Johnstone and St Mirren.
- He also played for Valkeakosken Haka in Finland, Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers in England and RC Strasbourg in France.
- While at Bolton, Paatelainen became the first Finn to play in the Premier League. After retiring as a player in 2005, Paatelainen became manager of Scottish club Cowdenbeath, where he helped the club win the championship of Scottish Football League Third Division and earn a promotion.
- After a season coaching in his native Finland with TPS, Paatelainen returned to Scotland as manager of Hibernian.
- He left that position by mutual consent after 18 months.
- After a year out of the game, Paatelainen was appointed manager of Kilmarnock.
- He was Kilmarnock manager for less than one season, but enjoyed personal success during that time.
- He was appointed manager of the Finland national team in March 2011, a position he held until June 2015.
- He was appointed as Dundee United manager in October 2015, parting company with the club in May 2016 after their relegation to the Scottish Championship.
- He has subsequently managed Ubon United in Thailand, and the national teams of Latvia and Hong Kong.
