Antero Kivelä

Antero Kivelä
Antero Kivelä
Born	26 December 1955 (age 68); Pori, Finland
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Ässät
National team	Finland
Playing career	1972–1989

Antero Simo Tapani Kivelä (born 26 December 1955) is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender. After his playing career, Kivelä coached several ice hockey, rinkball and ringette teams in Finland.^[1] Kivelä is also member of the city council in Pori for the Left Alliance.^[2]^[3]

Kivelä played his entire career for Ässät Pori. He made 58 appearances in the Finland national team and took part at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.^[4] Kivelä is also the chairman of women's soccer club NiceFutis.

Coaching career

After his playing career in ice hockey, Kivelä went on to coach in various sports.

Rinkball

Kivelä coached Porin Kärpät in rinkball.^[5]

Ice hockey

Kivelä coached Kalajoen Junkkarit [fi], Närpes Kraft, Vammalan Palloseura [fi], Jokipojat, and Porin Ässät (league A and B) in ice hockey.^[5]

Ringette

Kivelä coached ringette from 1989 to 2015. He was a head coach in the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette, (formerly called Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]), for the Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi] ringette club for more than ten seasons.^[5]

Achievements as a coach

SM Ringette gold: 2004, 2005, 2007^{[citation needed]}
Ringette World Club Championship silver for Ringette club teams: 2008^{[citation needed]}
Ringette World Club Championship bronze for Ringette club teams: 2011^{[citation needed]}

Sources

International Hockey Database

References

^ "Suomen Ringettevalmentajat ry (SRiV) | Antero Kivelä". suomenringettevalmentajat.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Ringette Coaches Association. 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ NiceFutis home page Archived March 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Members of Pori city council 2103–2016 Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Sports-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b ^c "Luvian Kiekko -82 homepage" (in Finnish). Luvian Kiekko -82 ry. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.

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[1] "Suomen Ringettevalmentajat ry (SRiV) | Antero Kivelä". suomenringettevalmentajat.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Ringette Coaches Association. 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[2] NiceFutis home page Archived March 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[3] Members of Pori city council 2103–2016 Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[4] Sports-Reference.com

[coaching-5] "Luvian Kiekko -82 homepage" (in Finnish). Luvian Kiekko -82 ry. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.

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Antero Kivelä

Born	(1955-12-26) 26 December 1955 (age 68) Pori, Finland
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Ässät
National team	Finland
Playing career	1972–1989