| Kai Nyyssönen | |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Kuopio, Finland |
| Position: | Striker |
| Years1: | 1990–1991 |
| Clubs1: | KuPS |
| Caps1: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 1992–1995 |
| Clubs2: | Haka |
| Caps2: | 88 |
| Goals2: | 13 |
| Years3: | 1995–1998 |
| Clubs3: | RWD Molenbeek |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 1998 |
| Clubs4: | Córdoba |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 1998–1999 |
| Clubs5: | Motherwell |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1999–2001 |
| Clubs6: | Haka |
| Caps6: | 76 |
| Goals6: | 22 |
| Years7: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs7: | Chania |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2002 |
| Clubs8: | Hämeenlinna |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs9: | PP-70 |
| Caps9: | 35 |
| Goals9: | 9 |
| Years10: | 2004–2006 |
| Clubs10: | KuPS |
| Caps10: | 24 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 300 |
| Totalgoals: | 57 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1996–1997 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2007–2009 |
| Managerclubs1: | KuPS |
| Manageryears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs3: | Finland U20 (assistant) |
| Manageryears4: | 2016 |
| Managerclubs4: | Finland U19 |
| Manageryears5: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs5: | Finland U20 |
| Manageryears6: | 2017–2019 |
| Managerclubs6: | Finland U18 |
| Manageryears7: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs7: | Finland U19 |
| Manageryears8: | 2020– |
| Managerclubs8: | Finland U16 |
Kai Nyyssönen (born 10 June 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped twice by Finland national football team in 1996–1997. After retiring as a player, Nyyssönen became a football manager.
Born in Kuopio, Nyyssönen played club football in Finland for KuPS, Haka, Hämeenlinna and PP-70, in Belgium for RWD Molenbeek, in Spain for Córdoba, in Scotland for Motherwell (where he scored once against Dundee United),[1] and in Greece for Chania.
He also earned two caps for Finland between 1996 and 1997.
Nyyssönen managed KuPS in Ykkönen and Veikkausliiga between 2007 and 2009.[2] [3]
Since 2016, he has been a head coach of various Finnish youth national teams, currently the head coach of Finland U15 and Finland U16.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
His elder brother is fellow player Harri Nyyssönen.
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| KuPS | 1990 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 6 | – | – | 26 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 6 | |||
| Haka | 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 8 | – | – | 32 | 8 | |||
| 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 4 | – | – | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 88 | 13 | |||
| RWD Molenbeek | 1995–96 | Belgian First Division | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 1997–98 | Belgian First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 7 | |||
| Córdoba | 1998–99 | Segunda División B | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | ||
| Motherwell | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 3 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| Haka | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | |
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
| Total | 66 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 79 | 23 | |||
| Chania | 2001–02 | Alpha Ethniki | 8 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |||
| Hämeenlinna | 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| PP-70 | 2003 | Ykkönen | |||||||||
| 2004 | Ykkönen | ||||||||||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | |||
| KuPS | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 321 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 337 | 64 | |||
Haka
1995, 1999, 2000[14] [15] [16]