| Kari Virtanen | |
| Fullname: | Kari Virtanen |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Piikkiö, Finland |
| Height: | 1.82m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | FC Inter Turku |
| Years1: | 1976 |
| Clubs1: | Piikkiön Palloseura |
| Years2: | 1977–1979 |
| Clubs2: | TPS |
| Caps2: | 62 |
| Goals2: | 10 |
| Years3: | 1980–1981 |
| Clubs3: | IFK Eskilstuna |
| Caps3: | 45 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1982 |
| Clubs4: | TPS |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 1983–1985 |
| Clubs5: | AIK |
| Caps5: | 45 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 1986–1987 |
| Clubs6: | RoPS |
| Caps6: | 41 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 1988–1989 |
| Clubs7: | KePS |
| Caps7: | 43 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 1990 |
| Clubs8: | Kuusankosken Kumu |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1991–1992 |
| Clubs9: | Piikkiön Palloseura |
| Nationalyears1: | 1978–1979 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1979–1986 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 37 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Manageryears1: | 1993–1994 |
| Managerclubs1: | Piikkiön Palloseura |
| Manageryears2: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs2: | Kanuunat Rovaniemi |
| Manageryears3: | 1997–1999 |
| Managerclubs3: | RoPS |
| Manageryears4: | 2000–2002 |
| Managerclubs4: | VG-62 |
| Manageryears5: | 2003–2006 |
| Managerclubs5: | FC Inter Turku |
| Manageryears6: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs6: | RoPS |
| Manageryears7: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs7: | PIF |
| Manageryears8: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs8: | RoPS |
| Manageryears9: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs9: | IFK Mariehamn |
Kari Virtanen (born 15 September 1958) is a Finnish football manager and former player.[1] He is currently coach of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.
As a player Virtanen spent his career in Finland and Sweden, representing Piikkiön Palloseura, TPS, IFK Eskilstuna, AIK, Rovaniemen Palloseura, Kemin Palloseura and Kuusankosken Kumu.
Virtanen represented Team Finland in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. Finland finished 3rd in Group D with one win, one draw and one loss. Virtanen was in starting eleven in all three matches.
As a manager Virtanen has been working with teams in different tiers of Finnish football league system. His first manager position in Veikkausliiga was in 2003 with Inter Turku. He has been a manager of Rovaniemen Palloseura on two occasions. In 2012 he won Ykkönen with RoPS and promoted to Veikkausliiga. In the following season RoPS also won Finnish Cup for the second time in their history.
In 2016 he was named as a co-manager of IFK Mariehamn with Peter Lundberg. IFK Mariehamn won Veikkausliiga for the first time in history that season.[2] Virtanen remained in the club as an advisor for one more season.
AIK Fotboll
1985
Rovaniemen Palloseura
1986
Rovaniemen Palloseura
IFK Mariehamn
Individual