Antti Niemi (footballer)

This article is about the Finnish football coach and former player. For other people called Antti Niemi, see Antti Niemi (disambiguation).

Antti Niemi
Niemi with Fulham in 2006
Personal information
Full name Antti Mikko Niemi[1]
Date of birth (1972-05-31) 31 May 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Volos (assistant)
Finland (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 OLS 15 (0)
1990 Rauman Pallo 15 (0)
1991–1995 HJK 101 (0)
1995–1997 FC Copenhagen 47 (0)
1997–1999 Rangers 13 (0)
1999 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
1999–2002 Heart of Midlothian 89 (0)
2002–2006 Southampton 106 (0)
2006–2008 Fulham 62 (0)
2009–2010 Portsmouth 0 (0)
Total 418 (0)
International career
1992–2007 Finland 67 (0)
Managerial career
2010– Finland (goalkeeping coach)[2]
2013 HJK (goalkeeping coach)[2]
2014 Honka (goalkeeping coach)[3]
2014–2015 Brighton & Hove Albion (goalkeeping coach)[4]
2021 HIFK (goalkeeping coach)[5]
2024– Volos (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antti Mikko Niemi (born 31 May 1972) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently an assistant coach of Volos of the Super League Greece.

Niemi spent time as a player in the Scottish Premier League (with Rangers, Heart of Midlothian) and the Premier League (with Southampton and Fulham), and in 2008 announced his retirement due to injury. However, in 2009 he returned to sign for Premier League club Portsmouth, although he did not make any appearances before leaving in 2010.[6]

Since 2010, Niemi has also worked as the goalkeeping coach of Finland national team. He also worked as a goalkeeping coach at Brighton & Hove Albion[4] during the 2014–15 season.

  1. ^ "Antti Niemi". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Antti Niemi maalivahtivalmentajaksi" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 3 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Antti Niemi Kuqin tueksi Honkaan". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
    "IS: Antti Niemi Hongan valmennustiimiin". YLE (in Finnish). 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Hyypia Appoints Backroom Team". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Antti Niemi joins HIFK first team staff". hifkfotboll.fi. 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Ammattilaisen karu ja kaunis arki". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2024.