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Markku Tapio Kanerva (born 24 May 1964) is a Finnish football manager, former player and elementary school teacher. He is the current manager of the Finnish national team.

Markku Kanerva

Kanerva as manager of Finland in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Markku Tapio Kanerva[1]
Date of birth	(1964-05-24) 24 May 1964 (age 58)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Finland (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1990	HJK	184	(26)
1991–1992	IF Elfsborg	44	(3)
1993	FinnPa	26	(1)
1994–1995	HJK	42	(1)
1996	FC Honka	1	(0)
1996–1998	HJK	37	(1)
National team
1986–1995	Finland	59	(1)
Teams managed
2001–2002	HJK (assistant)
2003	FC Viikingit
2004–2010	Finland U21
2011–2016	Finland (assistant)
2016–	Finland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Kanerva, who is known by the nickname "Rive", was born in Helsinki. In Finland, he played as a central defender and full back in his hometown clubs HJK (1983–1990 and 1994–1998) and the season 1994 in the then local rivals FinnPa. The seasons 1991 and 1992, he played in the Swedish team IF Elfsborg. At international level, Kanerva went on to win 59 caps, and scored one goal for the Finnish national team. His last years as a player were shadowed by injuries, but he was still an important part of the HJK defence. His playing career ended in 1998 which included the historical Champions League participation. At the Finnish top league, he played total of 291 matches and scored 29 goals.

Coaching career

Kanerva worked as a school teacher already during his playing career, but since then he has been concentrating on football coaching. In 2001 and 2002, he was an assistant coach of Jyrki Heliskoski and Keith Armstrong in his former club HJK, and in 2003 he was the head coach of the East Helsinki club FC Viikingit. As the head coach of under-21 side, he led the team to the 2009 European Championships final tournament. In the same year, he was awarded the Coach of the Year in Finland.

On 29 November 2010, it was announced that Kanerva would coach the Finnish national team for the Spring period in 2011 while the Finnish FA will be seeking a new head coach.[2][3] Mika Laurikainen took his place as the U21 coach. Kanerva had another spell as caretaker manager of Finland in 2015. In December 2016 he was permanently appointed manager of the Finnish national team on a three-year contract.[4] In November 2019, he managed his Finland team to qualification for the UEFA Euro 2020.

Managerial statistics

As of 26 September 2022^[update]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
FC Viikingit	2003	2003	26	13	8	5	050.00
Finland U21	2004	2009	29	12	4	13	041.38
Finland (interim)	January 2011	December 2015	7	3	3	1	042.86
Finland	December 2016	present	53	25	7	21	047.17
Total			115	53	22	40	046.09

Honours and Achievements

Player

HJK

• Mestaruussarja / Veikkausliiga (5): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997.
• Finnish Cup (3): 1984, 1996, 1998.
• Finnish League Cup (4): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998.

Manager

Finland

• UEFA Nations League, (1): 2018–19 League C.

Sources

• Veikkausliigan verkkonäyttely: MARKKU KANERVA at archive.today (archived 2012-09-14) (in Finnish)
• Markku Kanerva at National-Football-Teams.com
• Markku Kanerva at WorldFootball.net

References

На других языках

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- [en] Markku Kanerva

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[fr] Markku Kanerva

Markku Kanerva, né le 24 mai 1964 à Helsinki en Finlande, est le sélectionneur national de l'équipe de Finlande de football. C'est un footballeur finlandais, qui évoluait au poste de défenseur de 1983 à 1998.

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[it] Markku Kanerva

Markku Kanerva (Helsinki, 24 maggio 1964) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore finlandese, di ruolo difensore, CT della nazionale finlandese.

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[ru] Канерва, Маркку

Маркку Канерва (фин. Markku Kanerva; род. 24 мая 1964, Хельсинки) — финский футболист, футбольный тренер, который в настоящее время руководит национальной сборной Финляндии.

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