Antero Simo Tapani Kivelä (born 26 December 1955) is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender. After his playing career, Kivelä coached several ice hockey, rinkball and ringette teams in Finland. Kivelä is also member of the city council in Pori for the Left Alliance.NiceFutis home page (in Finnish)Members of Pori city council 2103–2016 (in Finnish)
Kivelä played his entire career for Ässät Pori. He made 58 appearances in the Finland national team and took part at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Sports-Reference.com Kivelä is also the chairman of women's soccer club NiceFutis.
Coaching career After his playing career in ice hockey, Kivelä went on to coach in various sports.
Rinkball
Kivelä coached Porin Kärpät in rinkball.
Ice hockey
Kivelä coached , Närpes Kraft, , Jokipojat, and Porin Ässät (league A and B) in ice hockey.
Ringette Kivelä coached ringette from 1989 to 2015. He was a head coach in the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette, (formerly called Ringeten SM-sarja), for the ringette club for more than ten seasons.
Achievements as a coach SM Ringette gold: 2004, 2005, 2007 Ringette World Club Championship silver for Ringette club teams: 2008 Ringette World Club Championship bronze for Ringette club teams: 2011
Sources International Hockey Database
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