| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tuusula, Finland | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK (interim manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TuPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| TuPS | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022–2023 | Klubi 04 | ||
| 2024 | TPS | ||
| 2025 | HJK (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | HJK (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 February 2024 | |||
Miika Nuutinen (born 7 May 1992) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who is currently the interim manager of HJK Helsinki. As a teenager, Nuutinen played in the fourth-tier Kolmonen with TuPS, before starting his coaching career at the age of 17. [1]
Nuutinen has a UEFA Pro -coaching license. He has also graduated in a bachelor's degree programme of Sports Coaching and Management in the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. [2] [3] Since June 2022, Nuutinen works also as a football pundit for Yle Sport. [4]
Nuutinen started football coaching in his former youth club Tuusulan Palloseura as a youth coach, additionally working with another local club PK Keski-Uusimaa youth sector. In 2017, Nuutinen started as a youth talent coach in Vantaan Jalkapalloseura , [5] [6] and in late 2019 he joined Käpylän Pallo U17-team. [1] [7]
On 30 November 2021, it was announced that Nuutinen was named the head coach of Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK Helsinki. [8] At the end of the 2023 season, he led the team to gain a spot in new Ykkönen.
Nuutinen also coached HJK U19 youth squad in 2023–24 UEFA Youth League, where the team advanced by defeating Malmö FF, before eventually losing to Nantes on penalties, after drawing them 1–1 on aggregate. [9]
In September 2023, Nuutinen was named the manager of Turun Palloseura in the new Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga, on a three-year deal starting in 2024 season. [10] [11] [12] [13] Nuutinen left TPS after one season due to club's financial problems. [14]
On 8 January 2025, Nuutinen was named an assistant coach of HJK Helsinki, in a coaching staff of Toni Korkeakunnas. [15] On 4 May, after Korkeakunnas was sacked, Nuutinen was named the interim manager of the team.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| Klubi 04 |  | 1 January 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 54 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 120 | 76 | +44 | 50.00 |
| TPS | | 1 January 2024 | 31 December 2024 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 47.22 |
| HJK Helsinki | | 5 May 2025 | present | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 68.42 |
| Total | 109 | 57 | 24 | 28 | 229 | 141 | +88 | 52.29 | |||