Keith Armstrong (footballer)

Keith Armstrong
Armstrong in 2015
Personal information
Full name Keith Thomas Armstrong
Date of birth (1957-10-11) 11 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Corbridge, Northumberland, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 Sunderland 11 (0)
1978 Newport County 4 (0)
1978 Scunthorpe United 0 (0)
1978–1981 OPS 57 (20)
1982 Koparit 14 (1)
1983 OPS 28 (6)
1984 Kuusysi 21 (12)
1985 KPV 21 (2)
1986 KePS 18 (2)
1987–1988 VIFK (11)
1989–1990 TP-Seinäjoki 23 (8)
1990 IFK Mariehamn (3)
1991–1992 RoPS (39)
Managerial career
1993–1994 RoPS
1995–1996 TP-Seinäjoki
1997–2001 Haka
2002–2007 HJK
2012–2014 SJK (sporting director)
2015 Ilves
2017–2018 Haka
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Thomas Armstrong[1] (born 11 October 1957) is an English former football player and coach who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Newport County and Scunthorpe United,[2] and in Finland for a number of clubs, where he also coached.

Born in England, Armstrong became a naturalised Finn in the early 1990s,[3] and enjoyed a long and successful coaching career in Finland with Rovaniemen Palloseura, TP-Seinäjoki, FC Haka and most recently HJK Helsinki. Armstrong is one of the most successful football managers in the Finnish league, having won five Veikkausliiga championships, two Finnish Cups, and two Manager of the Year awards.

On 8 June 2023, Armstrong was named in the Hall of Fame of Finnish football.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference safc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Sunderland : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  3. ^ Peltola, Pasi (5 January 2005). "HJK sack manager Keith Armstrong". Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Keith Armstrong Hall of Fameen". Finnish FA. Retrieved 9 October 2023.