Juha Malinen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juha Malinen
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 16, 1958(1958-07-16)
Age	66
Birthplace	Oulu
Country	Finland
Birth City	Northern Ostrobothnia
Horoscope	Cancer

Juha Malinen Biography

Juha Malinen is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on July 16, 1958 in Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Juha Malinen (born 16 July 1958 in Oulu) is a Finnish coach of Finnish football with an average of 15 years at the top of the game. Malinen is currently in charge of his team of the Finnish Under-21 National Team.

In the summer of 1990, Malinen was appointed U15 and U16 national team manager by the Finnish FA. Malinen was the manager of his team during the 1991 in 1992 and 1991 European Championships. After four years of coaching national teams, Malinen decided to go back to the speedier world of club football.

In 1998 Malinen moved from the former capital of Finland to the opposite side of Finland, to MyPa and small town of Anjalankoski. Backed by the strong local forest industry magnates, Malinen was given quite free hands at combining his team. This was the first time when he had some leverage – even the TPS, one of the biggest Finnish clubs, was cash-strapped. Malinen’s time at MyPa was somewhat successful (4 medals but only limited UEFA Cup success). MyPa’s current manager Ilkka Mäkelä came on board during those times as an assistant manager.

Besides his coaching career, Malinen has worked as a football commentator for Yle TV1 & Yle TV2 since 2000.

Kastelli’s Kastelli football team unexpectedly impressive in 1989 as it won a place at the School World Championships 1989, which took place in Florence, Italy. The Malinen’s “brickwall” -tactic was a great match against the novice Finns who did not lose a single game but were beaten out in the second phase in the second round by France (Auxerre Academy) through penalties. France won the title and Kastelli placed 5th in the standings. This was the tournament in which Malinen began to gain a reputation and demonstrated to himself that it was possible to have a long-lasting career as a football coach.

Juha Malinen Net Worth

Juha Malinen is one of the richest Association Football Player from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juha Malinen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Malinen was approaching the end of his brief career as a professional footballer in 1978 when he made the decision to apply for a place as a student in the University of Oulu Department of Education.

In 1986, Malinen got a job in the Kastelli Sports Gymnasium (secondary education) as the school’s soccer coach. Some of his pupils in Kastelli was Antti Niemi, and Mika Nurmela, who later became Finnish internationals. Ville Nylund and Aarno Turpeinen were later key players in the top squad of Finland, HJK Helsinki, were also students at Kastelli. In addition to being a coach in Kastelli, Malinen taught sports and arts at an adjacent school for hearing impaired people.

He returned to his hometown Oulu and FC Oulu, which did get promoted next year. Besides being promoted, the club was hampered by financial difficulties, so Malinen went to TPS. With surprising Finnish Cup win in 1994 and bronze medal in 1996 Malinen stepped at TPS into the limelight as one of the most promising managers in Finnish Premier League.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Juha Malinen height Not available right now. Juha weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Juha Malinen Dating?

According to our records, Juha Malinen married to Eira Malinen. As of December 1, 2023, Juha Malinen’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Juha Malinen. You may help us to build the dating records for Juha Malinen!

Facts & Trivia

Juha Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Juha Malinen celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.