Michael Käld

Michael Käld

Käld in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Mikael Johan Bernhard Käld
Date of birth	(1954-05-06) 6 May 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Kronoby, Finland
Managerial career
Years	Team
1991–1997	GBK Kokkola
1998–1999	NIK Nykarleby
2000	FC United
2001–2009	Finland women's national team
2010–2013	Kokkola F10

Mikael Johan Bernhard Käld (born 6 May 1954) is a Finnish football manager who most recently worked at Kokkola F10 in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallinen Liiga. Käld was the head coach of Finland women's national football team from 2001 to 2009.^[1]

Käld spent his own player career in the Finnish lower divisions. His debut as a women's manager Käld made in 2000 by coaching Jakobstad in Naisten Liiga (renamed Kansallainen Liiga in 2020). A year later he was named as the head coach of Finland women's team.^[1] Käld coached Finland in 2005 and 2009 UEFA Women's Championship. In 2005, Finland reached the semi-finals and 2009 the quarter-finals.

Michael Käld was nominated the Finnish Football Manager of the Year in 2004 and 2005.^[2]

References

1. Michael Käld CV Archived 11 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
2. Finnish Football Managers' Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 June 2013.