Tommi Kautonen

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Tommi Kautonen
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Kautonen as head coach of Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Tommi Tapani Kautonen
Date of birth (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reipas Lahti (manager)
Youth career
1982–1989 Reipas Lahti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1992 Reipas Lahti 72 (3)
1992–1994 Haka 32 (0)
1994 → VaKP (loan) 6 (0)
1994 → KajHa (loan) 1 (0)
1994 → BK-IFK (loan) 4 (0)
1994 → Reipas Lahti (loan) 8 (0)
1995–1998 MYPA 81 (1)
1999–2002 VPS 109 (6)
2003–2006 Lahti 99 (14)
International career‡
1987 Finland U15 9 (0)
1988 Finland U16 9 (0)
1988–1989 Finland U17 8 (0)
1990 Finland U19 1 (0)
1992–1993 Finland U21 9 (1)
1998–2001 Finland 9 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Reipas Lahti (youth)
2008 KooTeePee
2009 VIFK (assistant)
2010 Jaro (assistant)
2010 JBK
2011–2013 Lahti
2014–2017 Finland U21
2017–2018 SJK
2021– Reipas Lahti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Tommi "Auge" Kautonen (born 24 December 1971 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish football manager and former player who is the head coach of Finland national under-21 football team.

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As a player Kautonen played as a midfielder for Reipas Lahti, FC Haka, MyPa, Vaasan Palloseura (known then as VPS Vaasa [1] ) and FC Lahti. [2] He is the only player who played in every Veikkausliiga season since its beginning to the season 2006. Kautonen made his debut in highest tier on 1 October 1989 in a match between Reipas and Kemin Palloseura. He ended his career in match between FC Lahti and KooTeePee on 29 October 2006. Kautonen played total of 377 league matches and scored 21 goals. In 1999, he won the Finnish League Cup with Vaasan Palloseura. In 2004, he was chosen the best midfielder in Veikkausliiga. Kautonen has nine caps in the Finland national football team. He has also appeared in 27 youth internationals.

Kautonen's brothers Turo, Mikko and Olli are also former league football players, as well as his father Timo. Kautonen is a childhood friend of national team captain Jari Litmanen. His nickname "Auge" refers to Klaus Augenthaler while his former playmate Litmanen is known in similar fashion as "Litti" after Pierre Littbarski.

Honours

Individual


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References

  1. ↑ "FOOTBALL: TOMMI'S ON TRIAL". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland): 47. 15 November 2000.
  2. ↑ "Stats Centre: Tommi Kautonen Facts". TurboScores. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (in Finnish)


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