Antero Kivelä

Antero Kivelä
Born (1955-12-26) 26 December 1955 (age 69)
Pori, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Ässät
National team  Finland
Playing career 1972–1989

Antero Simo Tapani Kivelä (born 26 December 1955) is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender. After his playing career, Kivelä coached several ice hockey, rinkball and ringette teams in Finland.[1] Kivelä is also member of the city council in Pori for the Left Alliance.[2][3]

Kivelä played his entire career for Ässät Pori. He made 58 appearances in the Finland national team and took part at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[4] Kivelä is also the chairman of women's soccer club NiceFutis.

Coaching career

After his playing career in ice hockey, Kivelä went on to coach in various sports.

Rinkball

Kivelä coached Porin Kärpät in rinkball.[5]

Ice hockey

Kivelä coached Kalajoen Junkkarit [fi], Närpes Kraft, Vammalan Palloseura [fi], Jokipojat, and Porin Ässät (league A and B) in ice hockey.[5]

Ringette

Kivelä coached ringette from 1989 to 2015. He was a head coach in the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette, (formerly called Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]), for the Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi] ringette club for more than ten seasons.[5]



Achievements as a coach

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Suomen Ringettevalmentajat ry (SRiV) | Antero Kivelä". suomenringettevalmentajat.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Ringette Coaches Association. 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ NiceFutis home page Archived March 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  3. ^ Members of Pori city council 2103–2016 Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  4. ^ Sports-Reference.com
  5. ^ a b c "Luvian Kiekko -82 homepage" (in Finnish). Luvian Kiekko -82 ry. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to a Finnish ice hockey goaltender is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.