Mixu Paatelainen

Mixu Paatelainen
Mixu Paatelainen
Personal information
Full name Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen[1]
Date of birth (1967-02-03) 3 February 1967
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 Valkeakosken Haka 48 (18)
1987–1992 Dundee United 133 (33)
1992–1994 Aberdeen 75 (23)
1994–1997 Bolton Wanderers 69 (15)
1997–1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 (0)
1998–2001 Hibernian 93 (32)
2001–2002 RC Strasbourg 7 (0)
2002–2003 Hibernian 24 (7)
2003–2004 St Johnstone 33 (11)
2004–2005 St Mirren 16 (4)
2005 Cowdenbeath 1 (0)
Total 522 (143)
International career
1989–2000 Finland 70 (18)
Managerial career
2005–2006 Cowdenbeath
2006–2007 TPS
2008–2009 Hibernian
2010–2011 Kilmarnock
2011–2015 Finland
2015–2016 Dundee United
2018 Ubon UMT United
2018 Latvia
2019–2021 Hong Kong
2022 HIFK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mika-Matti "Mixu" Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish football player and is the current manager of Hibernian. Mixu is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time twelfth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Haka 1985 Mestaruussarja 11 5 * * — — 11 5
1986 Mestaruussarja 19 6 * * — — 19 6
1987 Mestaruussarja 18 7 * * — — 18 7
Total 48 18 — — 48 18
Dundee United 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division 19 9 6 2 0 0 — 25 11
1988–89 Scottish Premier Division 33 10 6 4 3 3 3 0 45 17
1989–90 Scottish Premier Division 31 7 2 1 2 0 3 1 38 9
1990–91 Scottish Premier Division 20 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 26 1
1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 30 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 35 9
Total 133 33 17 8 10 5 9 1 169 47
Aberdeen 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 6 1 0 0 0 0 — 6 1
1992–93 Scottish Premier Division 33 16 6 1 2 3 — 41 20
1993–94 Scottish Premier Division 36 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 44 7
Total 75 23 9 1 4 3 3 1 91 28
Bolton Wanderers 1994–95 First Division 44 12 1 0 8 2 — 53 14
1995–96 Premier League 15 1 1 0 1 0 — 17 1
1996–97 First Division 10 2 0 0 0 0 — 10 2
Total 69 15 2 0 9 2 — 80 17
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1997–98 First Division 23 0 5 4 5 1 — 33 5
Hibernian 1998–99 Scottish First Division 26 12 2 0 0 0 — 28 12
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 31 9 4 1 0 0 — 35 10
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 36 11 5 1 2 0 — 43 12
Total 93 32 11 2 2 0 0 0 106 34
Strasbourg 2001–02 Division 2 7 0 * * * * 1 0 8 0
Hibernian 2002–03 Scottish Premier League 24 7 3 0 2 0 — 29 7
St Johnstone 2003–04 Scottish First Division 33 11 1 0 3 2 — 37 13
St Mirren 2004–05 Scottish First Division 16 4 0 0 1 1 — 17 5
Career total 521 143 48 15 36 14 13 2 618 174
  • Asterisk (*) indicates that more matches and goals may yet emerge as cup records are investigated.

International goals

[5]

  Win   Draw   Loss

No. Date Home team Visiting team Goals Score Result Venue Competition
1. 11 January 1988  Czechoslovakia  Finland  14' 1–0 (pen.) 2–0 Loss Estadio Insular, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain Friendly
2. 19 October 1988  Wales  Finland  45' 2–2 2–2 Draw Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales FIFA World Cup 1990 qualification
3. 11 January 1989  Egypt  Finland  14' 1–1 2–1 Loss El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt Friendly
4. 11 November 1991  Tunisia  Finland  43' 0–1 1–2 Win Tunis, Tunisia Friendly
5. 13 March 1991  Poland  Finland  20' 1–1 1–1 Draw Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Friendly
6. 13 May 1993  Finland  Austria  18' 1–0 3–1 Win Urheilupuisto, Turku, Finland FIFA World Cup 1994 qualification
7. 16 November 1994  Finland  Faroe Islands  75' 4–0 5–0 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
8. do. do. do.  85' 5–0 do. Win do. do.
9. 14 December 1994  Finland  San Marino  24' 1–0 4–1 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
10. do do. do.  30' 2–0 do. Win do. do.
11. do. do. do.  86' 3–1 do. Win do. do.
12. do. do. do.  90' 4–1 do. Win do. do.
13. 26 April 1995  Faroe Islands  Finland  75' 0–2 0–4 Win Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroese Islands UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
14. 2 April 1997  Azerbaijan  Finland  64' 0–2 1–2 Win Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan FIFA World Cup 1998 qualification
15. 5 September 1998  Finland  Moldova  63' 3–2 3–2 Win Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
16. 14 October 1998  Turkey  Finland  6' 0–1 1–3 Win Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
17. 28 April 1999  Slovenia  Finland  22' 0–1 (pen.) 1–1 Draw Bežigrad Central Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Friendly
18. 5 June 1999  Finland  Turkey  14' 2–0 2–4 Loss Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland UEFA Euro 2000 qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 October 2022
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Cowdenbeath 1 July 2005 1 October 2006 51 29 7 15 111 62 +49 056.86
TPS 1 October 2006 10 January 2008 34 15 5 14 57 41 +16 044.12
Hibernian 10 January 2008 29 May 2009 62 19 18 25 68 74 −6 030.65
Kilmarnock 23 June 2010 31 March 2011 34 15 6 13 55 44 +11 044.12
Finland 31 March 2011 15 June 2015 44 17 9 18 59 62 −3 038.64
Dundee United 14 October 2015 4 May 2016 30 8 4 18 33 52 −19 026.67
Ubon UMT United 13 January 2018 22 April 2018 11 2 1 8 12 18 −6 018.18
Latvia 10 May 2018 4 December 2018 9 1 5 3 5 10 −5 011.11
Hong Kong 9 April 2019 30 June 2021 12 1 2 9 4 24 −20 008.33
HIFK 17 April 2022 5 October 2022 22 1 5 16 17 61 −44 004.55
Total 309 108 62 139 421 448 −27 034.95

Honours

Player

Valkeakosken Haka

  • Finnish Cup: 1985

Bolton Wanderers

Hibernian

Manager

Cowdenbeath

Latvia

  • Baltic Cup: 2018

Individual

  • Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: October 2000
  • Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2008, March 2009, December 2010
  • Scottish Premier League Manager of the Season: 2010–11

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 475. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbooks and Sky Sports Yearbooks 1988–2011
  3. ↑ Jalkapallokirja 2008. Suomen palloliiton julkaisu.
  4. ↑ Veikkaaja 2011.
  5. ↑ Yrjö Lautela & Göran Wallén (eds.): Rakas jalkapallo. Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa. Teos, Helsinki, 2007.
  6. ↑ Moore, Glenn (2 April 1995). "Liverpool prevail in cup final to savour". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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