According to Kaleva, Nurmela’s agreement with AC Oulu will cover the end of 2026.
Mika Nurmela has long worked as a union man. Jarno Kuusinen / AOP
AC Oulu playing in the Veikkausliiga revealed his new sports director on Wednesday morning. A familiar man arrives at the office, Mika Nurmela.
Longtime player of the Finnish national team and also Markku Kanervan Nurmela, who is part of the Huuhkaja coaching team, returns to club work from the Football Association. Pesti with AC Oulu will be valid until the end of 2026, says Kaleva.
In the Football Association, Nurmela served as a regional coach in the northern region.
At the same time, Nurmela takes on the role of an assistant coach on the league team. The pattern similar to that of KuPS, where Sixten Boström has worked with the title of Sports Director-Coach.
– I think AC Oulu is currently in a situation where the chances of succeeding are good. The player tube leading to AC Oulu is doing good junior work and the club level is on the rise. Now it is intended to make success on the representative team side.
– I don’t want to be just a sports director, but I will also be a member of the coaching team. It is extremely important for me that I get to the players’ everyday life, get to know them and influence them, Nurmela said in AC Oulu’s release.
AC Oulu searched for a new sports director after Markus Heikkinen The work ended in the process of this season.
Nurmela has also worked at the AC Oulu office in the early 2010s. He ended his long gaming career in Oulu.
The club, which builds the new stadium, was in the lower end of the Veikkausliiga. However, the threat of falling overcome it well in advance. AC Oulu is ninth or tenth this season.
AC Oulu’s office is familiar to “the wrong”. The picture is from 2011. Markku Ruottinen