Tommi Kautonen

Tommi Kautonen

Kautonen as head coach of Finland U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Tommi Tapani Kautonen
Date of birth	(1971-12-24) 24 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Reipas Lahti (manager)
Youth career
1982–1989	Reipas Lahti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	Reipas Lahti	72	(3)
1992–1994	Haka	32	(0)
1994	→ VaKP (loan)	6	(0)
1994	→ KajHa (loan)	1	(0)
1994	→ BK-IFK (loan)	4	(0)
1994	→ Reipas Lahti (loan)	8	(0)
1995–1998	MYPA	81	(1)
1999–2002	VPS	109	(6)
2003–2006	Lahti	99	(14)
International career^‡
1987	Finland U15	9	(0)
1988	Finland U16	9	(0)
1988–1989	Finland U17	8	(0)
1990	Finland U19	1	(0)
1992–1993	Finland U21	9	(1)
1998–2001	Finland	9	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2007	Reipas Lahti (youth)
2008	KooTeePee
2009	VIFK (assistant)
2010	Jaro (assistant)
2010	JBK
2011–2013	Lahti
2014–2017	Finland U21
2017–2018	SJK
2021–	Reipas Lahti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Tommi "Auge" Kautonen (born 24 December 1971 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish football manager and former player who is the head coach of Finland national under-21 football team.

As a player Kautonen played as a midfielder for Reipas Lahti, FC Haka, MyPa, Vaasan Palloseura (known then as VPS Vaasa^[1]) and FC Lahti.^[2] He is the only player who played in every Veikkausliiga season since its beginning to the season 2006. Kautonen made his debut in highest tier on 1 October 1989 in a match between Reipas and Kemin Palloseura. He ended his career in match between FC Lahti and KooTeePee on 29 October 2006. Kautonen played total of 377 league matches and scored 21 goals. In 1999, he won the Finnish League Cup with Vaasan Palloseura. In 2004, he was chosen the best midfielder in Veikkausliiga. Kautonen has nine caps in the Finland national football team. He has also appeared in 27 youth internationals.

Kautonen's brothers Turo, Mikko and Olli are also former league football players, as well as his father Timo. Kautonen is a childhood friend of national team captain Jari Litmanen. His nickname "Auge" refers to Klaus Augenthaler while his former playmate Litmanen is known in similar fashion as "Litti" after Pierre Littbarski.

Honours

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Coach of the Month: September 2012^[3]

References

1. "FOOTBALL: TOMMI'S ON TRIAL". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland): 47. 15 November 2000.
2. "Stats Centre: Tommi Kautonen Facts". TurboScores. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
3. Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (in Finnish)

External links

• Tommi Kautonen at National-Football-Teams.com