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Paavo Virtanen

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Paavo Virtanen
Personal information
Date of birth (1915-03-11)11 March 1915
Date of death 27 November 1998(1998-11-27) (aged 83)
Position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1948 Helsingin Palloseura
International career
1935–1937 Finland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paavo Valdemar Virtanen (11 March 1915 – 27 November 1998) was a Finnish footballer[1] who played as an outside forward. He made three appearances for the Finland national team from 1935 to 1937.[2] He was also part of Finland's team for their qualification matches for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[3] He played his whole career for Helsingin Palloseura. In Mestaruussarja he played 102 games and scored 18 goals. He was part of the squad that won Finnish football championship in 1934 but played only two games. In the 1935 championship winning team he was already a regular and played 12 out of 14 games scoring 5 goals.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Paavo Virtanen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Paavo Virtanen". EU Football. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ "World Cup 1938 - Qualifying". RSSF. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 372. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
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