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)[1]
Position(s)	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,[2] he won full, Olympic and B caps for Finland at international level and was a member of Finland's 1952 Summer Olympics squad.[3][4] In addition to playing 12 Suomensarja seasons, he scored 43 goals in 72 Mestaruussarja appearances.[5]

Personal life

Forss is a member of a football family.[6] His son (Tero) and grandsons Marcus and Niclas are all involved in football.[6]

Honours

As a player

Pyrkivä Turku

• Mestaruussarja: 1954[6]

As a manager

TPS

• Mestaruussarja: 1968[7]

As an individual

• Mestaruussarja top-scorer: 1953[8]

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. "Två generationer Forss fortsätter i BK-46" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
7. "Mestarijoukkueet ja valmentajat 1950–2008". Suomen Jalkapallovalmentajat ry. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
8. "Finland – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 June 2017.