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Kai Haaskivi
Haaskivi circa 1984
Personal information
Full name
Kai Olavi Haaskivi
Date of birth
(1955-12-28) 28 December 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth
Lahti, Finland
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)
Forward, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1973–1978
GrIFK, HJK Helsinki, Kiffen Helsinki
1978–1979
Dallas Tornado
20
(1)
1978–1980
Houston Summit (indoor)
49
(90)
1979–1980
Houston Hurricane
55
(15)
1980–1982
Edmonton Drillers (indoor)
36
(60)
1981–1982
Edmonton Drillers
60
(14)
1982–1988
Cleveland Force (indoor)
241
(156)
1988–1989
Baltimore Blast (indoor)
48
(12)
1989–1993
Cleveland Crunch (indoor)
60
(26)
International career‡
1977–1984
Finland
12
(3)
Managerial career
1989–1990
Cleveland Crunch
1995–1999
IMG Soccer Academy (Director)
2001–2004
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
2005–2007
Myers University (Men's and Women's teams)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 May 2009
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Honors Notes John Kowalski Poland November 5, 1998 February 7, 2001 KaiHaaskivi Finland February 7, 2001 July 8, 2002 Tim Carter (interim) United States...
Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. The other inductees are Gordon Jago, Preki, KaiHaaskivi, Zoltán Tóth, and Brian Quinn. In 2023, the Baltimore Blast retired jersey...
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down the table at mid-season and on 20 December 1990 Dawkins replaced KaiHaaskivi as head coach. He took the team to the championship series and was named...
Paul Hammond (1978–79) Sepp Gantenhammer (1979–80) All-MISL: First Team KaiHaaskivi (1978–79, 1979–80) Ian Anderson (1978–79) All-MISL: Second Team Paul...
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