Kai Haaskivi was born on 28 December 1955 and is a retired Finnish soccer player.
13 Facts About Kai Haaskivi
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Kai Haaskivi starred in the North American Soccer League, playing outdoor as well as indoor soccer.
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Kai Haaskivi finished his NASL career with 112 points in 135 games.
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Kai Haaskivi then played one season for the Baltimore Blast before returning to Cleveland as player-coach of the Cleveland Crunch in 1989.
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Kai Haaskivi served as color analyst on the team's radio broadcasts.
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Kai Haaskivi finished his career in the top ten of several MISL career statistical categories, including fifth in points with 683, tied for ninth in goals with 297, second in assists with 386, and eights in games played with 425.
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Kai Haaskivi was an eight-time league all-star selection and was named MVP of the 1987 All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
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Kai Haaskivi played 12 full internationals for Finland, notching three goals in the process.
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Kai Haaskivi scored against Italy's World Cup Legend, Dino Zoff, in Turin, Italy during a 1978 World Cup qualifier.
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Kai Haaskivi was assistant coach of the U-17 US National Teams.
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Kai Haaskivi coached in Cleveland as the men's and women's head coach for the Myers University Mustangs, and NAIA school.
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In September 2006, Kai was inducted to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame and in March 2013, Haaskivi was one of six men named to the 2013 class of the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.
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Kai Haaskivi is brother-in-law of former star Finnish ice hockey player Matti Hagman and uncle to Calgary Flames Left Wing Niklas Hagman.