Olli Kangaslahti

{{Short description|Finnish former footballer (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Olli Kangaslahti

| image =

| fullname =

| height = 1.87 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|2|2}}

| birth_place = Masku, Finland

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1982–1984

| youthclubs1 = VG-62

| youthyears2 = 1988–1989

| youthclubs2 = TPS

| years1 = 1990

| clubs1 = Turun Pallo

| caps1 = 4

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1990

| clubs2 = Pallo-Iirot

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1991–1992

| clubs3 = TPS

| caps3 = 27

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1993

| clubs4 = Helsingør IF

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1993

| clubs5 = Haka

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1994

| clubs6 = TPV

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 1994

| clubs7 = FinnPa

| caps7 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1995

| clubs8 = Helsingin Ponnistus

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 7

| years9 = 1996

| clubs9 = VPS

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 1996

| clubs10 = → Närpes Kraft (loan)

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 1997

| clubs11 = Ilves

| caps11 = 6

| goals11 = 3

| years12 = 1998

| clubs12 = MP

| caps12 = 22

| goals12 = 13

| years13 = 1999

| clubs13 = TPV

| caps13 = 2

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 1999

| clubs14 = Jazz

| caps14 = 8

| goals14 = 1

| years15 = 1999

| clubs15 = Mikkeli

| caps15 = 8

| goals15 = 4

| years16 = 2000–2001

| clubs16 = TPS

| caps16 = 38

| goals16 = 12

| years17 = 2002

| clubs17 = Volgar Astrakhan

| caps17 = 0

| goals17 = 0

| years18 = 2003

| clubs18 = MaPS

| caps18 = 15

| goals18 = 4

| years19 = 2005

| clubs19 = ÅIFK

| caps19 = 6

| goals19 = 5

| years20 = 2008

| clubs20 = TuTo

| caps20 = 6

| goals20 = 1

| years21 = 2009

| clubs21 = VG-62

| caps21 = 9

| goals21 = 4

| years22 = 2012

| clubs22 = Boda

| caps22 = 14

| goals22 = 6

| years23 = 2013

| clubs23 = VG-62

| caps23 = 14

| goals23 = 4

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Finland U16

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Finland U17

| manageryears1 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs1 = VG-62

| manageryears2 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs2 = Inter Turku (sporting director)

| club-update =

}}

Olli Kangaslahti (born 2 February 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a forward.[https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000003485695.html FinnPa sai Jani Pylkäksen Olli Kangaslahti VPS:n tuorein hankinta], Helsingin Sanomat, 16 November 1995 While playing for TPV in 1994, they won the Finnish championship title. Besides in his native Finland, he also played in Denmark and Russia.

In 1995, Kangaslahti had a short trial with English Football League club Carlisle United, appearing on the pitch and conducting the club's half-time Golden Gamble prize draw, but no move ever materialised.

After his playing career, Kangaslahti has coached in VG-62[https://www.ts.fi/urheilu/1207970032 VG-62:n peli kulkee Kolmosessa], Turun Sanomat, 23 June 2015 and worked as a sporting director of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[https://www.ts.fi/urheilu/5816080 Interin uudeksi urheilu- ja kehitysjohtajaksi nimitettiin Olli Kangaslahti – seura panostaa lisää pelaajakehitysjärjestelmäänsä], Turun Sanomat, 9 November 2022[https://www.ts.fi/urheilu/6040727 Inter antoi lähtöpassit urheilujohtajalleen ja purki pitkäaikaisimman pelaajansa sopimuksen], Turun Sanomat, 3 July 2023