# Leo Houtsonen

> Leo Houtsonen was a Finnish footballer. He played in 45 matches for the Finland national football team from 1978 to 1986. In his career he played for Kuopion Palloseura and Oulun Palloseura. He was born in Pieksämäki to refugees from Karelia, but was raised in Kuopio. He was part of Finnish under-18 national team that won silver in under-18 UEFA european championships held in 1975, losing 0-1 to England in final. During his career he was approached by Newcastle United and Norwich City but he turned those offers down. Along with his footballing career he held civilian job in a financing company and was active in his local orthodox church.

*Finnish association football player and business executive (1958-2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/leo-houtsonen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Finland
- **Born:** 1958-10-25
- **Died:** 2019-06-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Leo Houtsonen was a Finnish footballer. He played in 45 matches for the Finland national football team from 1978 to 1986. In his career he played for Kuopion Palloseura and Oulun Palloseura. He was born in Pieksämäki to refugees from Karelia, but was raised in Kuopio. He was part of Finnish under-18 national team that won silver in under-18 UEFA european championships held in 1975, losing 0-1 to England in final. During his career he was approached by Newcastle United and Norwich City but he turned those offers down. Along with his footballing career he held civilian job in a financing company and was active in his local orthodox church.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.0
- **Momentum:** 15.4

## Timeline
- **2019** - Died
- **1984** - Kuopion Palloseura
- **1982** - Oulun Palloseura
- **1981** - Kuopion Palloseura
- **1978** - Oulun Palloseura
- **1978** - Finland men's national football team
- **1975** - Kuopion Palloseura
- **1958** - Born

## Sources
- [Leo Houtsonen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Houtsonen)
- [لئو هوتسونن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%86)
- [Leo Houtsonen](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Houtsonen)
- [Leo Houtsonen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Houtsonen)
- [Leo Houtsonen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Houtsonen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16299127)

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