Mika Aaltonen

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Mika Aaltonen
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Born (1965-11-16) 16 November 1965 (age 58)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
EducationMaster of Economics 1994, Turku School of Economics
Ph.D. (economics) 1997, Turku School of Economics
associate professor (Foresight & Complexity) 2004, Lappeenranta University of Technology
Known forArctic Strategy, Sustainability Manifesto, Brave New World, The Third Lens, Robustness,
scoring the winning goal in Inter Milan vs FC Turku (TPS) in San Siro in 1997

Mika Aaltonen (born 16 November 1965) is a Finnish futurologist and former footballer. His position was an attacking central midfielder. He also played for the Finnish national team. Aaltonen is a Ph.D. in economics, associate professor (Foresight and Complexity), founder of the Royal Society of Arts Helsinki Chapter, editorial board member of European Foresight Journal, and editorial board member of E:CO (Emergence: Complexity and Organisations journal).

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Playing career

Mika Aaltonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-11-16) 16 November 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1987 TPS 85 (12)
1987–1988 Inter Milan 0 (0)
1988Bellinzona (loan) 14 (3)
1988–1989Bologna (loan) 3 (0)
1989–1990 Hertha BSC 12 (0)
1990–1993 TPS 86 (7)
1993–1994 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14 (3)
1994 TPV 5 (1)
International career
1988–1994 Finland 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After being selected the key player of the Finnish league and the best player of the under 21 national team, Aaltonen signed, at the age of 21 years, a three years contract with Inter Milan. He played for Inter one friendly game: Inter Milan (All. Trapattoni – Zenga – Bergomi, Baresi, Ferri, Brehme – Berti, Aaltonen, Mattheus – Rummenigge, Serena, Diaz) vs Soviet Union.

During his career (1982–1994) he played in Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Israel for Turun Palloseura, Inter Milan, Bellinzona, Bologna, Hertha BSC, Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. and Tampereen Pallo-Veikot. Aaltonen won 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze and 1 Cup in Finland; 1 bronze in Israeli league (Hapoel Beer Sheva) and 1 Second Bundesliga title (Hertha Berlin). He finished his career at a relatively young age because of a persistent ankle injury, and because of this, he ended up concentrating more on his studies. Aaltonen studied throughout his playing career, and after he retired from football, he earned a doctorate degree in economics.

Aaltonen is best remembered for a goal scored against Italian goalkeeper Walter Zenga in UEFA Cup in 1987 during a match between Turun Palloseura and Inter Milan at the San Siro stadium in Milan. [1] This goal more or less earned him a transfer to Inter shortly afterwards.

Later career

Aaltonen has worked as a visiting researcher at the London School of Economics (UK), the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (France) and the Gregorian University (Italy).

He is a co-founder of PORT 2.0 Ltd., a company pioneering the design and construction of new logistics facilities to meet the increasing challenges of sustainability, safety and efficiency in near shore and onshore logistics.

Aaltonen is the chairman of Sustainable Nation Group, a company focused in building up new analytic capabilities to climate change transformation.

He has written 16 books and over 100 articles about foresight, complex adaptive systems, decision-making and societal change.

Personal life

Aaltonen lives in Helsinki, but was born in Heideken, Turku, got married in Turku Cathedral, is an alumnus of the year at Turku School of Economics, and a hall of fame football player at FC Turku (TPS).

His son Anton Aaltonen is a professional footballer for FC Inter Turku.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS 1982 Mestaruussarja 3030
1983 Mestaruussarja9191
1984 Mestaruussarja181181
1985 Mestaruussarja1711 [lower-alpha 2] 0181
1986 Mestaruussarja193193
1987 Mestaruussarja2084 [lower-alpha 2] 32411
Total8614539117
Inter Milan 1987–88 Serie A 00000000
1988–89 Serie A00000000
Total00000000
Bellinzona (loan) 1987–88 Swiss Super League 143143
Bologna (loan)1988–89Serie A304 [lower-alpha 3] 171
Hertha BSC 1989–90 2. Bundesliga 12020140
TPS 1990 Veikkausliiga 1122 [lower-alpha 2] 0112
1991 Veikkausliiga322322
1992 Veikkausliiga1601 [lower-alpha 4] 0170
1993 Veikkausliiga283283
Total8770030907
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1993–94 Liga Leumit 140140
TPV 1994 Veikkausliiga5151
Career total220212012423425

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 198830
198920
199031
199100
199200
199320
199480
Total181

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    1. "Helsinki Times" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2009.

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