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Karl Rissanen
Date of Birth: 29-08-1966
Position: Full Back
Joined: 04-11-1995
Appearances: 1
Substitute Appearances: 1
Goals: 0
Nationality: Finnish
Previous Clubs: FinnPa
Subsequent Clubs: FinnPa
Kari Rissanen was a defensive midfielder or centre-half who joined Dunfermline from FnnPa in Finland in season 1995-96. Things didn`t work out for him in Scotland, playing only once with an additional substitute appearance for Dunfermline Athletic and he returned to FinnPa. He was a Finnish international and played for his country 22 times.
MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION:-
Kari Rissanen arrived at East End Park on Wednesday 1 November 1995 but was gone less than two weeks later, having made just one start and one sub appearance.
Born on 29 August 1966 in Helsinki, Kari`s career began at HJK in 1995, and by 1998 won his first full international cap at the age of 21. Rissanen was a versatile left sided player who could play anywhere in defence or midfield.
After two loan spells with Singapore club Geylang International, he moved to HJK`s Helsinki rivals FinnPa in 1993 where he enjoyed a successful spell culminating in a return to the Finnish international side after some years of absence. He played in a European qualifying match against Scotland at Hampden Park on 6 September 1995 (Scotland won 1-0) and it seems highly likely that Scottish club managers would have been among the interested spectators.
Meanwhile, back at East End Park, Bert Paton`s boys had made an excellent start to 1995/96, and two months into the season were top of the league. However, by mid-October injuries had started to mount up, and the Pars lost a home match to Dundee and then an away game at Tannadice which allowed Dundee United to take over top spot. Bert brought in new signings Paul Fenwick and Brian Rice and managed to reach an agreement to have Kari Rissanen on trial for two weeks.
The Finnish League season was completed by the end of October, so Kari arrived the next day. The agreement was that the trial period would be short to allow Rissanen to join the Finnish squad for their European qualifying match against Russia which was due to be played on 15 November 1995. Kari himself had said at the time that he was keen to come to Scotland because he had heard good things from fellow Finns Jani Lindberg and Marco Rajamaki who were both playing for Greenock Morton at the time.
A bounce game was arranged for the day after his arrival, and he made his Pars debut as a substitute in the First Division match against St Mirren at East End Park on 4 November 1995. The following week he was in the starting line up for Pars league match against Clydebank at Kilbowie Park. The Bankies were in the top half of the league table at the time, and Dunfermline`s record against them wasn`t a great one. However, on this occasion, the Pars won comfortably and convincingly with Rissanen playing the full 90 minutes.
As Bert Paton was to note at the time, Kari`s good performance in that 4-0 win only served to make negotiating a deal for his transfer all the more difficult. Dunfermline did however manage to reach agreement with FinnPa for his transfer and as FinnPa`s executive director Erkki Salo said at the time, “Now we just have to wait for Rissanen`s decision on his own terms.â€
Unfortunately, and despite Dunfermline`s best efforts, Rissanen would not accept the terms offered. Dunfermline made him a final offer after the international match against Russia, but he rejected it and returned home to Helsinki.
Kari continued to be selected for the national team - he won 25 caps in all - and to play for FinnPa. Sadly, that ended abruptly too when FinnPa went out of existence in 1998. Kari moved to Danish football with firstly Ikast and then Midtjylland, before ending his playing career back in Finland playing for lower league teams. He later worked for the Finnish national team as a physiotherapist.
Position: Full Back
Joined: 04-11-1995
Appearances: 1
Substitute Appearances: 1
Goals: 0
Nationality: Finnish
Previous Clubs: FinnPa
Subsequent Clubs: FinnPa
Kari Rissanen was a defensive midfielder or centre-half who joined Dunfermline from FnnPa in Finland in season 1995-96. Things didn`t work out for him in Scotland, playing only once with an additional substitute appearance for Dunfermline Athletic and he returned to FinnPa. He was a Finnish international and played for his country 22 times.
MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION:-
Kari Rissanen arrived at East End Park on Wednesday 1 November 1995 but was gone less than two weeks later, having made just one start and one sub appearance.
Born on 29 August 1966 in Helsinki, Kari`s career began at HJK in 1995, and by 1998 won his first full international cap at the age of 21. Rissanen was a versatile left sided player who could play anywhere in defence or midfield.
After two loan spells with Singapore club Geylang International, he moved to HJK`s Helsinki rivals FinnPa in 1993 where he enjoyed a successful spell culminating in a return to the Finnish international side after some years of absence. He played in a European qualifying match against Scotland at Hampden Park on 6 September 1995 (Scotland won 1-0) and it seems highly likely that Scottish club managers would have been among the interested spectators.
Meanwhile, back at East End Park, Bert Paton`s boys had made an excellent start to 1995/96, and two months into the season were top of the league. However, by mid-October injuries had started to mount up, and the Pars lost a home match to Dundee and then an away game at Tannadice which allowed Dundee United to take over top spot. Bert brought in new signings Paul Fenwick and Brian Rice and managed to reach an agreement to have Kari Rissanen on trial for two weeks.
The Finnish League season was completed by the end of October, so Kari arrived the next day. The agreement was that the trial period would be short to allow Rissanen to join the Finnish squad for their European qualifying match against Russia which was due to be played on 15 November 1995. Kari himself had said at the time that he was keen to come to Scotland because he had heard good things from fellow Finns Jani Lindberg and Marco Rajamaki who were both playing for Greenock Morton at the time.
A bounce game was arranged for the day after his arrival, and he made his Pars debut as a substitute in the First Division match against St Mirren at East End Park on 4 November 1995. The following week he was in the starting line up for Pars league match against Clydebank at Kilbowie Park. The Bankies were in the top half of the league table at the time, and Dunfermline`s record against them wasn`t a great one. However, on this occasion, the Pars won comfortably and convincingly with Rissanen playing the full 90 minutes.
As Bert Paton was to note at the time, Kari`s good performance in that 4-0 win only served to make negotiating a deal for his transfer all the more difficult. Dunfermline did however manage to reach agreement with FinnPa for his transfer and as FinnPa`s executive director Erkki Salo said at the time, “Now we just have to wait for Rissanen`s decision on his own terms.â€
Unfortunately, and despite Dunfermline`s best efforts, Rissanen would not accept the terms offered. Dunfermline made him a final offer after the international match against Russia, but he rejected it and returned home to Helsinki.
Kari continued to be selected for the national team - he won 25 caps in all - and to play for FinnPa. Sadly, that ended abruptly too when FinnPa went out of existence in 1998. Kari moved to Danish football with firstly Ikast and then Midtjylland, before ending his playing career back in Finland playing for lower league teams. He later worked for the Finnish national team as a physiotherapist.
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