Olli Kangaslahti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Masku, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1984 | VG-62 | ||
| 1988–1989 | TPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990 | Turun Pallo | 4 | (1) |
| 1990 | Pallo-Iirot | 16 | (8) |
| 1991–1992 | TPS | 27 | (4) |
| 1993 | Helsingør IF | 2 | (0) |
| 1993 | Haka | 4 | (1) |
| 1994 | TPV | 11 | (2) |
| 1994 | FinnPa | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | Helsingin Ponnistus | 24 | (7) |
| 1996 | VPS | 14 | (2) |
| 1996 | → Närpes Kraft (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 1997 | Ilves | 6 | (3) |
| 1998 | MP | 22 | (13) |
| 1999 | TPV | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | Jazz | 8 | (1) |
| 1999 | Mikkeli | 8 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | TPS | 38 | (12) |
| 2002 | Volgar Astrakhan | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | MaPS | 15 | (4) |
| 2005 | ÅIFK | 6 | (5) |
| 2008 | TuTo | 6 | (1) |
| 2009 | VG-62 | 9 | (4) |
| 2012 | Boda | 14 | (6) |
| 2013 | VG-62 | 14 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| Finland U16 | |||
| Finland U17 | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 | VG-62 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Inter Turku (sporting director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Olli Kangaslahti (born 2 February 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] 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[2] and worked as a sporting director of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]His son Oliver is a professional footballer who plays for Jaro in Veikkausliiga.[5]
Honours
[edit]TPV
References
[edit]- ^ FinnPa sai Jani Pylkäksen Olli Kangaslahti VPS:n tuorein hankinta, Helsingin Sanomat, 16 November 1995
- ^ VG-62:n peli kulkee Kolmosessa, Turun Sanomat, 23 June 2015
- ^ Interin uudeksi urheilu- ja kehitysjohtajaksi nimitettiin Olli Kangaslahti – seura panostaa lisää pelaajakehitysjärjestelmäänsä, Turun Sanomat, 9 November 2022
- ^ Inter antoi lähtöpassit urheilujohtajalleen ja purki pitkäaikaisimman pelaajansa sopimuksen, Turun Sanomat, 3 July 2023
- ^ MP on tehnyt pelaajasopimuksen 20-vuotiaan Oliver Kangaslahden kanssa, lansi-savo.fi, 31 March 2021
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[edit]Categories:
- Living people
- 1972 births
- People from Masku
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Danish 2nd Division players
- Russian First League players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
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- VG-62 players
- Turun Toverit players
- Åbo IFK players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- FC Haka players
- Tampereen Pallo-Veikot players
- Ilves (football) players
- Mikkelin Palloilijat players
- Maskun Palloseura players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- Pallo-Iirot players
- Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening players
- Helsingin Ponnistus players
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