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{{short description|Finnish footballer and manager (born 1945)}}
{{BLP one source|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martti Kuusela
| image =
| fullname = Martti Kuusela
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|10|9}}
| birth_place = [[Rovaniemi]], [[Finland]]
| death_date  =
| death_place =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = 1963–1964 | clubs1 = [[RoPS]]             | caps1 =  ? | goals1 =  4
| years2 = 1967      | clubs2 = OTP                  | caps2 =  ? | goals2 = 11
| years3 = 1965–1968 | clubs3 = MP                   | caps3 =  ? | goals3 = 20
| years4 = 1969–1971 | clubs4 = HIFK                 | caps4 =  ? | goals4 =  7
| years5 = 1972      | clubs5 = [[HJK Helsinki|HJK]] | caps5 = 21 | goals5 =  3
| years6 = 1973–1974 | clubs6 = Haka                 | caps6 = 43 | goals6 =  8
| years7 = 1975–1976 | clubs7 = FC Ilves             | caps7 =  ? | goals7 =  4
| years8 = 1977–1978 | clubs8 = FinnPa               | caps8 =  ? | goals8 =  4
| totalcaps = 64+ | totalgoals = 61
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1973 | nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1979      | managerclubs1  = [[Grankulla IFK|GrIFK]]
| manageryears2  = 1980–1981 | managerclubs2  = [[Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|HJK Helsinki]]
| manageryears3  = 1982–1987 | managerclubs3  = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| manageryears4  = 1989      | managerclubs4  = [[Boldklubben 1903|B 1903]]
| manageryears5  = 1990      | managerclubs5  = [[Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|HJK Helsinki]]
| manageryears6  = 1991      | managerclubs6  = [[K. Beerschot V.A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears7  = 1992–1994 | managerclubs7  = [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
| manageryears8  = 1994–1995 | managerclubs8  = [[Proodeftiki F.C.|Proodeftiki]]
| manageryears9  = 1995–1996 | managerclubs9  = [[Apollon Limassol]]
| manageryears10 = 1997      | managerclubs10 = [[FinnPa]]
| manageryears11 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs11 = [[Panionios G.S.S.|Panionios]]
| manageryears12 = 2005      | managerclubs12 = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
| manageryears13 = 2008      | managerclubs13 = [[Turun Palloseura|TPS Turku]]
}}

'''Martti Kuusela''' (born 9 October 1945) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]] and former [[midfielder]].

Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach, he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with [[HJK Helsinki]]. He was the [[head coach]] of the [[Finland national football team|Finland national team]] from 1982 to 1987, helping the team to the brink of qualifying for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]].

Kuusela has worked as coach in [[Belgium]], [[Greece]], [[Cyprus]], [[Denmark]] and [[Hungary]]. He led [[Budapest Honvéd FC]] to the Hungarian championship in 1993. Kuusela coached [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.]] in [[Greece]] in 2005. On 15 January 2008, [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]] announced they had appointed Kuusela as their new manager. He took the reins at TPS when the previous manager [[Mixu Paatelainen]] left the club to become manager of Scottish club [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]. Kuusela was sacked by TPS in September 2008, a few weeks before the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1587644|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916084622/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/uutinen.asp?id=1587644|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2008|title = Urheilu}}</ref> Kuusela also works as an expert commentator for [[Yle]].

He was inducted into the [[Finnish Football Hall of Fame]] in 2016.

==Managerial honours==
'''[[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]'''
*[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]: 1992–93
'''Individual'''
*[[Football Association of Finland]]: [[:fi:Captain's Ball|Captain's Ball]] 2020<ref>[https://www.palloliitto.fi/captain-s-ball Captain's Ball], palloliitto.fi</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|martti-kuusela}}
*[http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/futis/2008/01/600318 Career]

{{Finnish Football Hall of Fame}}
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