Pasi Rautiainen
{{Short description|Finnish footballer and manager (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pasi Rautiainen
| image = Pasi_Rautiainen.jpg
| caption = Rautiainen in 2016
| fullname = Pasi Pentti Rautiainen
| height = 1.70 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|7|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = PK-35
| youthclubs2 = HPS
| youthclubs3 = HJK
| years1 = 1978–1979
| clubs1 = HJK
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1980–1981
| clubs2 = Bayern Munich
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1981–1982
| clubs3 = Werder Bremen
| caps3 = 41
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1982–1986
| clubs4 = Arminia Bielefeld
| caps4 = 113
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 1986–1987
| clubs5 = Locarno
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1987–1989
| clubs6 = SG Wattenscheid 09
| caps6 = 13
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1989–1993
| clubs7 = HJK
| caps7 = 58
| goals7 = 13
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1987
| nationalteam1 = Finland
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1994–1998
| managerclubs1 = PK-35
| manageryears2 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs2 = Jokerit
| manageryears3 = 2001
| managerclubs3 = KooTeePee
| manageryears4 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs4 = Levadia Maardu
| manageryears5 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs5 = Jokerit
| manageryears6 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs6 = Flora
| manageryears7 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs7 = TPS
}}
Pasi Pentti Rautiainen (born 18 July 1961) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He made 29 appearances for Finland national football team, scoring one goal. Rautiainen was named in the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
Playing career
Rautiainen was very talented as a young player, and he joined Bayern Munich at the age of just 18 in 1980.{{cite web | url = http://home.vr-web.de/~peter.boehm/steckbriefe/pasi_rautiainen.htm | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070609140636/http://home.vr-web.de/~peter.boehm/steckbriefe/pasi_rautiainen.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 June 2007 | title = Pasi Rautiainen | language = German | publisher = Peter Böhm| accessdate = 20 February 2010}} He only made one appearance for the club, but was still named German champion with Bayern in the 1980–81 season. Rautiainen later made 115 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen (1981–82) and Arminia Bielefeld (1982–1985), scoring 14 goals. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Bielefeld and SG Wattenscheid 09.{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/rautiainenpasi/ | title = Pasi Rautiainen | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 20 February 2010}} In Finland Rautiainen played for HJK Helsinki, winning the Finnish championship in 1978 and 1990. He also earned 25 caps for the Finland national football team, scoring once. 1982 the sports journalists of his home country elected him Finnish Footballer of the Year.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqqWnbvtArs Pasi Rautiaisen uran KAIKKI maalit Bundesliigassa!], viaplay
Managerial career
Rautiainen started coaching the first team of his former youth club PK-35 in 1994.{{cite web | url = http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=3&ag=68&t=468&a=3992 | title = Pasi Rautiainen pyöräretkellä | language = Finnish | publisher = yle.fi | accessdate = 20 February 2010 | date = 21 June 2007}} He helped the club to win back-to-back promotions to Veikkausliiga for the 1998 season. He has also coached Jokerit and KooTeePee in Finland, and Levadia and Flora in Estonia. His last club was Turun Palloseura (TPS).{{cite web | url = http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2010/01/pasi_rautiainen_ei_jatka_tps-luotsina_1370577.html | title = Pasi Rautiainen ei jatka TPS-luotsina | language = Finnish | publisher = yle.fi | accessdate = 20 February 2010}}{{Dead link|date=January 2013}}
Later career
Rautiainen is also a popular football pundit in Finland. He's known for his energetic and enthusiastic behavior when talking about anything concerning football. He commented UEFA Champions League games for the TV channel Nelonen. In the 2003–04 season, he promised he'd walk from Helsinki to Porvoo (some 50 kilometres) if Deportivo were able to knock A.C. Milan out in the quarter finals which indeed happened. He never wore socks even when live on TV. He was also featured on the broadcasts of Estonian channel ETV during the 2006 World Cup. Now he works as a studio commentator in Finland's national team matches. He also continues to work as studio commentator for Champions League and English Premier League broadcasts for Viaplay.
Personal life
His father {{ill|Pentti Rautiainen|fi}} and sister Jutta are former footballers and managers.
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Domestic Cups{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, DFB-Pokal and Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|HJK
|1978 | |colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | ||||||
| 1979
|Mestaruussarja | |1{{efn|Includes European Cup|name=eucup}} | 1 | ||||||
| 1980
|Mestaruussarja | | | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 10 | |
| Bayern Munich
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Werder Bremen
|15 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 1 | |||
| 1981–82
|Bundesliga |26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5{{efn|Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup|name=ui}} | 2 | 35 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 4 | |
| rowspan="5"|Arminia Bielefeld
|Bundesliga |33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4{{efn|name=ui}} | 0 | 51 | 5 | |
| 1983–84
|Bundesliga |27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=ui}} | 4 | 35 | 5 | |
| 1984–85
|Bundesliga |31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 32 | 8 | ||
| 1985–86
|24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=ui}} | 3 | 28 | 6 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!115 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 136 | 24 | |
| FC Locarno
|14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=eucup}} | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|SG Wattenscheid 09
|2. Bundesliga |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1988–89
|2. Bundesliga |6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|HJK
|1990 |29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=eucup}} | 0 | 31 | 9 | |
| 1991
|Veikkausliiga |12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=eucup}} | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| 1994
|Veikkausliiga |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 12 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!276 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 312 | 51 |
{{notelist}}
=International goals=
:As of match played 26 October 1979. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rautiainen goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Pasi Rautiainen | ||||||
| scope=col|No.
!scope=col|Date !scope=col|Venue !scope=col|Opponent !scope=col|Score !scope=col|Result !scope=col|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center|1 | 26 October 1979 | Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger, Norway | {{fb|NOR}} | align=center|1–1 | align=center|1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Individual
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Finnish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Hall of Fame}}
{{FC Flora Tallinn managers}}
{{Turun Palloseura managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rautiainen, Pasi}}
Category:Footballers from Helsinki
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Category:FC Bayern Munich footballers
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Category:Arminia Bielefeld players
Category:SG Wattenscheid 09 players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
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