Paavo Salminen

{{short description|Finnish footballer (1911-1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Paavo Salminen

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|19|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1989|4|27|1911|11|19|df=yes}}

|death_place = Helsinki, Finland

|position = Goalkeeper

|years1 = 1934-1941

|clubs1 = Helsingin Toverit

|caps1 = 95

|goals1 = 0

|nationalteam1 = Finland

|nationalyears1 = 1936–1939

|nationalcaps1 = 11

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalteam2 = Finland Olympic

|nationalyears2 = 1936

|nationalcaps2 = 1

|nationalgoals2 = 0

|nationalteam3 = Finland B

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|nationalcaps3 = 2

|nationalgoals3 = 0

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Paavo Salminen (19 November 1911 – 27 April 1989) was a Finnish footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25012 |title=Paavo Salminen |work=Olympedia |access-date=27 September 2021}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/paavo-salminen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/paavo-salminen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Paavo Salminen Olympic Results |access-date=7 October 2018}} He spent his club career playing for Helsingin Toverit.{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=305}}