Mixu Paatelainen

Mika-Matti "Mixu" Paatelainen (born 3 February 1967 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish football player and is the current manager of Hibernian. Mixu is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time twelfth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer.

Career statistics

Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionRothmans Football Yearbooks and Sky Sports Yearbooks 1988–2011Jalkapallokirja 2008. Suomen palloliiton julkaisu.Veikkaaja 2011.ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC Haka1985Mestaruussarja115**——1151986Mestaruussarja196**——1961987Mestaruussarja187**——187Total4818  ——4818Dundee United1987–88Scottish Premier Division1996200—25111988–89Scottish Premier Division331064333045171989–90Scottish Premier Division3172120313891990–91Scottish Premier Division2011020302611991–92Scottish Premier Division306213200359Total133331781059116947Aberdeen1991–92Scottish Premier Division610000—611992–93Scottish Premier Division33166123—41201993–94Scottish Premier Division366302031447Total75239143319128Bolton Wanderers1994–95First Division44121082—53141995–96Premier League1511010—1711996–97First Division1020000—102Total69152092—8017Wolverhampton Wanderers1997–98First Division2305451—335Hibernian1998–99Scottish First Division26122000—28121999–2000Scottish Premier League3194100—35102000–01Scottish Premier League36115120—4312Total9332112200010634Strasbourg2001–02Division 270****1080Hibernian2002–03Scottish Premier League2473020—297St Johnstone2003–04Scottish First Division33111032—3713St Mirren2004–05Scottish First Division1640011—175Career total52114348153614132618174

Asterisk (*) indicates that more matches and goals may yet emerge as cup records are investigated.

International goals
Yrjö Lautela & Göran Wallén (eds.): Rakas jalkapallo. Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa. Teos, Helsinki, 2007.

 No. Date Home team Visiting team Goals Score Result Venue Competition  1. 11 January 1988       1–0 (pen.) 2–0 Loss  Estadio Insular, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain  Friendly  2. 19 October 1988       2–2  2–2  Draw  Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales  FIFA World Cup 1990 qualification  3. 11 January 1989       1–1  2–1 Loss  El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt  Friendly  4. 11 November 1991       0–1  1–2 Win  Tunis, Tunisia  Friendly  5. 13 March 1991       1–1  1–1  Draw  Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland  Friendly  6. 13 May 1993       1–0  3–1 Win  Urheilupuisto, Turku, Finland  FIFA World Cup 1994 qualification  7. 16 November 1994       4–0  5–0 Win  Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland  UEFA Euro 1996 qualification  8. do.  do.  do.   5–0  do.  Win  do.  do.  9. 14 December 1994       1–0  4–1 Win  Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland  UEFA Euro 1996 qualification  10. do  do.  do.   2–0  do.  Win  do.  do.  11. do.  do.  do.   3–1  do.  Win  do.  do.  12. do.  do.  do.   4–1  do.  Win  do.  do.  13. 26 April 1995       0–2  0–4 Win  Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroese Islands  UEFA Euro 1996 qualification  14. 2 April 1997       0–2  1–2 Win Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  FIFA World Cup 1998 qualification  15. 5 September 1998       3–2  3–2 Win  Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification  16. 14 October 1998       0–1  1–3 Win  Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification  17.28 April 1999       0–1 (pen.) 1–1 Draw  Bežigrad Central Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Friendly  18. 5 June 1999       2–0  2–4 Loss  Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToRecordCowdenbeath1 July 20051 October 2006TPS1 October 200610 January 2008Hibernian10 January 200829 May 2009Kilmarnock23 June 201031 March 2011Finland31 March 201115 June 2015Dundee United14 October 20154 May 2016Ubon UMT United13 January 201822 April 2018Latvia10 May 20184 December 2018Hong Kong9 April 201930 June 2021HIFK17 April 20225 October 2022Total

Honours
Player
Valkeakosken Haka
Finnish Cup: 1985

Bolton Wanderers
Football League First Division: 1996–97; play-offs: 1995
Football League Cup runner-up: 1994–95

Hibernian
Scottish First Division: 1998–99

Manager
Cowdenbeath
Scottish Third Division: 2005–06

Latvia
Baltic Cup: 2018

Individual
Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: October 2000
Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2008, March 2009, December 2010
Scottish Premier League Manager of the Season: 2010–11

References

Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:Finnish footballers
Category:Finnish football managers
Category:Premier League players
Category:Sportspeople from Helsinki
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players