Keith Armstrong (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Keith Thomas Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Corbridge, Northumberland, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1978 | Sunderland | 11 | (0) |
| 1978 | Newport County | 4 | (0) |
| 1978 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1981 | Oulun Palloseura | 57 | (20) |
| 1982 | Koparit | 14 | (1) |
| 1983 | Oulun Palloseura | 28 | (6) |
| 1984 | FC Kuusysi | 21 | (12) |
| 1985 | Kokkolan Palloveikot | 21 | (2) |
| 1986 | Kemin Palloseura | 18 | (2) |
| 1987–1988 | Vasa IFK | (11) | |
| 1989–1990 | TP-Seinäjoki | 23 | (8) |
| 1990 | IFK Mariehamn | (3) | |
| 1991–1992 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | (39) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1994 | Rovaniemen Palloseura | ||
| 1995–1996 | TP-Seinäjoki | ||
| 1997–2001 | FC Haka | ||
| 2002–2007 | HJK | ||
| 2014–2015 | Ilves | ||
| 2017 | FC Haka | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Keith Thomas Armstrong (born 11 October 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Newport County and Scunthorpe United, and in Finland for a number of clubs. He was most recently the manager of Ilves in the Finnish top tier Veikkausliiga.
Born in England, Armstrong became a naturalised Finn in the early 1990s, 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.
Armstrong was born in Corbridge, Northumberland. He began his football career as an apprentice with Sunderland, making his debut in the Second Division on 4 October 1977 as a substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to Cardiff City. He played regularly at the end of the 1977–78 season, and during the following season spent time on loan to Newport County and Scunthorpe United before being released. He joined Newcastle United, but was promptly loaned out to the Finnish club Oulun Palloseura (OPS). He played with OPS for two years, before moving to Koparit in Kuopio. Subsequently, he played in nine different clubs around Finland, appearing in 179 league matches, scoring 60 goals, and winning three championships (with OPS in 1979 and 1980 and with Kuusysi in 1984).
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