Ossi Virta

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Ossi Virta
Personal information
Full name Ossi-Pekka Juhani Virta
Date of birth (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Team information
Current team
 HJK (assistant)
Youth career
KäPa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
KäPa
Managerial career
2005–2014 KäPa (youth)
2015 SJK II
2016–2020 KTP (assistant)
2016 KTP (interim)
2021 KäPa
2022–2023 Haka II
2022–2023 Haka (assistant)
2023 HJK (assistant)
2024 HJK
2024– HJK (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2024

Ossi-Pekka Juhani Virta [1] (born 9 July 1988) is a Finnish football coach and a former player, currently working as an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki. Virta has completed UEFA Pro -coaching license in March 2023. [2]

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Playing career

Virta started playing football with Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) youth sector in 1992. He also played for the club's first team in the third-tier Kakkonen. [3]

Coaching career

Virta started his coaching career also in KäPa youth sector in 2005, where he coached several youth teams during his 10-year spell. He worked also as a coaching director for the club. [4]

On 15 April 2015, Virta was named the director of SJK Akatemia. [5] He also worked in the coaching staff of head coach Simo Valakari for SJK first team in Veikkausliiga.

During 2016–2020, he worked for Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) as a youth coach, assistant coach and interim head coach. [6] [7] [8] [9] He left the club after the 2020 season, when he was named the head coach of KäPa in third-tier Kakkonen. [10] [4]

After one season with KäPa, Virta signed with Veikkausliiga side FC Haka on 5 November 2021 as an academy director, and simultaneously joined the coaching staff of Teemu Tainio in the Haka first team. [11] [12] During his time in Haka, Virta gained a relatively wide popularity in social media with his passionate goal celebrations. [3] [13]

HJK Helsinki

In July 2023, Virta was named the assistant coach of HJK Helsinki, after Haka and HJK had agreed on a fee for his contract. [14] [15] Virta joined the coaching staff of Toni Korkeakunnas on a deal until the end of 2024, with a club option. [16] He became a viral social media hit again during HJK's 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League campaign with his rapid and accurate half-time live analyses. [17] [13] In January 2024, Virta was unexpectedly named the manager of HJK for the 2024 Veikkausliiga season, after it was revealed that a newly recruited head coach Ferran Sibila lacks the required UEFA Pro -coaching license. [18] [19] [20] According to his contract with the club, Virta works as a manager until Sibila is able to attend and start the UEFA Pro coaching class. [21] [22] [23] [24] Sibila was sacked on 20 May 2024, and Virta continued as an assistant coach for newly returned manager Toni Korkeakunnas. [25]

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References

  1. ↑ Pro Coaching Virta Oy, finder.fi
  2. ↑ Teemu Tainio ja Ossi Virta valmistuivat UEFA PRO -valmentajiksi, fchaka.fi, 11 April 2023
  3. 1 2 Hakan villi tuulettajavalmentaja herättää huomiota – Ossi Virta teki nuorena rohkean valinnan: ”Enkä ole katunut päivääkään”, Valkeakosken Sanomat, 9 September 2022
  4. 1 2 Ossi Virta Käpylän Pallon edustusjoukkueen päävalmentajaksi, kapylanpallo.fi, 3 November 2020
  5. ↑ Ossi Virta Akatemian johtajaksi, sjk.fi, 15 April 2015
  6. ↑ Ossi Virta Ristilän potkuista: ”Valitettavaa, mutta innolla tartun haasteeseen”, Kymen Sanomat, 30 June 2016
  7. ↑ Ossi Virta jatkaa KTP:ssä — siirtyy junioripuolelle, Kymen Sanomat, 28 October 2016
  8. ↑ "Viisi vuotta ja vihdoin se liiganousu tuli" – KTP:n jättävä Ossi Virta ylistää joukkueen henkeä, veikkausliiga.com, 16 October 2020
  9. ↑ OSSI VIRTA VIIHTYY KOTKASSA – ”OSA SYDÄMESTÄNI ON KOTKALAISTUNUT”, fcktp.fi
  10. ↑ Ossi Virta lähtee KTP:stä Kakkoseen nousseen KäPan päävalmentajaksi – "Kaukainen unelmani, joka nyt toteutuu, Kymen Sanomat, 3 November 2020
  11. ↑ Ossi Virta siirtyy urallaan uusiin haasteisiin, kapylanpalloedustus.fi, 5 November 2021
  12. ↑ Ossi Virta vetämään Akatemiaa, fchakajuniorit.fi, 5 November 2021
  13. 1 2 Someilmiö nousi tunaroinnin ansiosta huippupestiin – tällainen johtaja on Ossi Virta, Ilta-Sanomat, 13 January 2024
  14. ↑ Harvinainen tapaus miesten jalkapalloliigassa – HJK:n uusi päävalmentaja nappasi siirtokorvauksella Hakan apuvalmentajan Ossi Virran valmennustiimiinsä, Valkeakosken Sanomat, 17 July 2023
  15. ↑ Erikoinen tilanne jalkapalloliigassa: Hakan jättänyt valmentaja kohtaa HJK:n päävalmentajan roolissa Ilveksen, Aamulehti, 21 July 2023
  16. ↑ Ossi Virta ja Aleksi Lalli tulevat Toni Korkeakunnaksen tueksi, hjk.fi, 15 July 2023
  17. ↑ Ossi Virta hämmästyttää tietoiskuillaan, Iltalehti, 1 December 2023
  18. ↑ Sääntöpykälä pakotti HJK:n erikoiseen valmentajaratkaisuun – Palloliiton asiantuntija: "Käytännössä mahdoton valvoa", mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 12 January 2024
  19. ↑ HJK:n omituinen valmentajasotku selvisi: Ossi Virrasta odottamaton päävalmentaja, Yle, 12 January 2024
  20. ↑ Ossi Virrasta HJK:n päävalmentaja, hjk.fi, 12 January 2024
  21. ↑ Ossi Virta väisti epäilyt bulvaanina toimimisesta, Iltalehti, 15 January 2024
  22. ↑ Ossi Virta: ”Valmennus on aina vahvasti tiimityötä – nyt oma roolini kasvaa”, hjk.fi, 15 January 2024
  23. ↑ ”Ihanaa Luke, ihanaa” –Työhyvinvointi paranisi huimasti, jos kaikilla olisi sellainen pomo kuin HJK:n Ossi Virta, Helsingin Sanomat, 26 January 2024
  24. ↑ Intohimoisesta monologimiehestä tuli yllättäen HJK:n päävalmentaja – tyrmäsi yhden epäluulon tiiminsä kyvyistä, Yle, 16 January 2024
  25. ↑ Toni Korkeakunnas palaa HJK:n päävalmentajaksi, hjk.fi, 20 May 2024
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