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 35)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Team information
Current team
 HJK (manager)
Youth career
KäPa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 KäPa 4 (0)
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
*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 manager and a former player, currently working as a manager 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]

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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
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