Tero Forss (born 12 July 1968) is a retired Finnish professional footballer, best remembered for his eight years as a forward and midfielder with Inter Turku, for whom he is the record scorer and a member of the club's Hall of Fame.[2][3] After retiring as a player, he became a manager and managed FC Boda, TuWe and BK-46.[4][5] As of October 2021, together with Markku Tolonen, he was joint-manager of KaaPo Women.[6]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 July 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KaaPo Women (joint-manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Pyrkivä Turku | ||
| 1982–1984 | ÅIFK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985 | ÅIFK | (9) | |
| 1986–1987 | SalPa | (10) | |
| 1988 | ÅIFK | 22 | (11) |
| 1989 | Reipas Lahti | 27 | (10) |
| 1990 | RoPS | 23 | (5) |
| 1991 | TPS | 20 | (6) |
| 1991–1992 | RoPS | 38 | (5) |
| 1993–2001 | Inter Turku | 182 | (74) |
| 1997 | → VG-62 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | VG-62 | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | FC Boda | 68 | (12) |
| 2008–2010 | TuWe | 18 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1984 | Finland U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 1985 | Finland U17 | 7 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2005 | FC Boda (player-manager) | ||
| 2010 | TuWe | ||
| 2015 | FC Boda | ||
| 2016–2017 | BK-46 | ||
| 2021– | KaaPo Women (joint-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editForss is a member of a football family.[4] His father (Rainer) was a player, manager and coach and his sons Marcus and Niclas are involved in football.[4]
Honours
edit- Inter Turku Hall of Fame[3]
- Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame[7]
References
edit- ^ Tero Forss at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Briefly in English | FC Inter". fcinter.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame -kunniagalleriaan 16 Inter-legendaa". FC Inter (in Finnish). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Veikkausliigan Pelaajat". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Tero Forss ja Markku Tolonen Naisten valmennuskaksikko!". Kaarinan Pojat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Tero Forss Veikkausliigan legendaksi". www.turunweikot.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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