Pauliina Miettinen

Who is Pauliina Miettinen?

Pauliina Miettinen is a Finnish football coach and former player. She most recently worked as head coach of Naisten Liiga team PK-35 Vantaa.

During her playing career, Miettinen played as goalkeeper, defender and forward. She is one of the few footballers who have played both in goal and on the field at international level.

Miettinen's first club was KMF from her hometown Kuopio. She has played in Finnish clubs FC Kontu, Turun Pyrkivä, Malmin Palloseura and HJK Helsinki. Miettinen also played for the Boston Renegades and captained at Franklin Pierce College, where she managed to muster 122 goals and 65 assists, an NCAA record with 309 points. She won the Finnish championship with HJK in 2001 and the Finnish Cup with Pyrkivä in 1994 and with HJK in 2002.

Miettinen started her coaching career during her playing days. She was assistant coach at Franklin Pierce, her alma mater, and she has also coached at Barry University and Florida State University. After finishing her playing career, Miettinen became the head coach of FC Kontu and then PK-35 Vantaa. After the 2009 season, Miettinen was named as the head coach of Sky Blue FC, but she was dismissed on 19 July 2010.