Rainer Forss

Rainer Forss
Forss with the Finland national team in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-10-20)20 October 1930
Place of birth Finland
Date of death 2 August 2005(2005-08-02) (aged 74)
Position Forward
Youth career
1949– Pyrkivä Turku
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1956 Pyrkivä Turku (70)
1956–1957 TuTo (17)
1958–1959 TuWe (5)
1960–1963 TuTo (55)
1964 Pargas IF
1964–1965 TPS
1979 Pyrkivä Turku 1 (0)
International career
1951–1957 Finland 14 (0)
1951–1962 Finland B 10 (1)
1959–1960 Finland Olympic 4 (0)
Managerial career
1965–1970 TPS
1985 TPS
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Forss (20 October 1930 – 2 August 2005) was a Finnish professional football player, manager and coach. A forward player, he won full, Olympic and B caps for Finland at international level and was a member of Finland's 1952 Summer Olympics squad. In addition to playing 12 Suomensarja seasons, he scored 43 goals in 72 Mestaruussarja appearances.

Personal life

Forss is a member of a football family. His son (Tero) and grandsons Marcus and Niclas are all involved in football.

Honours

As a player

Pyrkivä Turku

As a manager

TPS

  • Mestaruussarja: 1968

As an individual

  • Mestaruussarja top-scorer: 1953

References

  1. ↑ Peltola, Vesa-Matti (2019). Yhtä ja toista Urheilukunniamme puolustajista, osa 34. Urheilutietäjän kesä. p. 46.
  2. ↑ "Rainer Forss". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Rainer Forss at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ "Rainer Forss". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 48. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  6. 1 2 3 "Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mestarijoukkueet ja valmentajat 1950–2008". Suomen Jalkapallovalmentajat ry. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Finland – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 June 2017.