Keith Armstrong (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Thomas Armstrong | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Corbridge, Northumberland, England | ||
Position(s) |
Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1978 | Sunderland | 11 | (0) |
1978 | Newport County | 4 | (0) |
1978 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | (0) |
1978–1981 | OPS | 57 | (20) |
1982 | Koparit | 14 | (1) |
1983 | OPS | 28 | (6) |
1984 | Kuusysi | 21 | (12) |
1985 | KPV | 21 | (2) |
1986 |
KePS | 18 | (2) |
1987–1988 | VIFK | (11) | |
1989–1990 | TP-Seinäjoki | 23 | (8) |
1990 | IFK Mariehamn | (3) | |
1991–1992 | RoPS | (39) | |
Managerial career | |||
1993–1994 | RoPS | ||
1995–1996 | TP-Seinäjoki | ||
1997–2001 | Haka | ||
2002–2007 | HJK | ||
2015 |
Ilves | ||
2017–2018 | Haka | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Keith Thomas Armstrong and in Finland for a number of clubs, where he also coached.
Born in England, Armstrong became a naturalised Finn in the early 1990s,
On 8 June 2023, Armstrong was named in the Hall of Fame of Finnish football.[4]
Career
Armstrong was born in
In 1993, at the age of 35, he retired from playing professional football and started out as the manager of his then club
In late 2001, he was signed by HJK, propelling the team to a league championship in 2002 and a league and cup double in 2003. In 2004, however, the club finished in mid-table.[6] In 2006 Armstrong received his second Manager of the Year award and led HJK to second place in the league. He was sacked in September 2007.[3]
A fluent Finnish speaker, he also works for Finnish television as a football pundit and studio commentator for Canal+ Scandinavia. Armstrong was part of Finland national football team's ex-manager Stuart Baxter's staff, working as scout.[3]
After working as sporting director of
Personal life
His son Daniel Armstrong is also a professional footballer for Atalanta U19.
Honours
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: August 2015[10]
References
- ^ a b "On This Day October". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Sunderland : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ a b c Peltola, Pasi (5 January 2005). "HJK sack manager Keith Armstrong". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Keith Armstrong Hall of Fameen". Finnish FA. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Player Details Keith Armstrong". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ a b c Peltola, Pasi (5 January 2005). "A very Geordie Finn". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Keith Armstrong Ilveksen valmentajaksi". Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Lex Hollo: Peli kovenee - kumpi valehtelee, Ilves vai Keke Armstrong?" (in Finnish). MTV. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- FC Ilves. 7 October 2015. Archived from the originalon 15 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ [1] (in Finnish)
External links
- Keith Armstrong at Soccerway