Keith Armstrong is an British/Finnish dual-nationality football manager and former player. He currently manages the Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki, and is an avid supporter of his former hometown club Newcastle United. Armstrong is one of the most successful football managers in the Finnish league today, having won five Veikkausliiga championships and two Finnish Cups. Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries, whether it is recognised by all countries or not. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Management (from Old French ménagement the art of conducting, directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... Veikkausliiga is the top division of Finnish football (soccer), comprising the top 14 clubs of the country. ... HJK Helsinki is a Finnish football club, playing at the Finnair Stadium in the capital, Helsinki. ... For the Australian soccer club see Newcastle United (Australia). ...

Armstrong was born in Newcastle, England, on 11 October 1957. He first started playing as a youngster for Sunderland AFC, the arch-rival of his home-town team Newcastle United FC, but managed to get a contract with NUFC by the time he was 20. in July 1979, he was loaned out to the Finnish club Oulun Palloseura (OPS). He played with OPS for two years, before moving to Koparit in Kuopio. Subsequently, he played in nine different clubs around Finland, getting to his name 179 league matches, scoring 60 goals, and winning three championships (with OPS in 1979 and 1980 and with Kuusysi in 1984). Places on Earth named Newcastle Australia Newcastle, New South Wales Canada Newcastle, New Brunswick Newcastle, Ontario West Indies Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis South Africa Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa United Kingdom Newcastle, Northern Ireland Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside, England Newcastle-under-Lyme... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sunderland Association Football Club is a football club based in Sunderland, on Wearside in the North-East of England. ... For the Australian soccer club see Newcastle United (Australia). ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Kuopio is a Finnish city located in the province of Eastern Finland and the region of Northern Savonia. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1993, at the age of 35, he retired from playing professional football and started out as the manager of his then club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). For the 1995 season, he moved to Seinäjoki and took the local club, TP-Seinäjoki into the Veikkausliiga. In 1997, he was offered a post at FC Haka, which he accepted, getting the club promoted from the Ykkönen and winning three league championships in a row with the Valkeakoski team. He received the Manager of the Year award in 2000, after Haka's second subsequent title. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Finnish football club founded 1950. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Veikkausliiga is the top division of Finnish football (soccer), comprising the top 14 clubs of the country. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FC Haka is a Finnish football club, playing in the town of Valkeakoski. ... Valkeakoski is a town and municipality of Finland. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In late 2001, he was signed by HJK Helsinki, propelling the team to a league championship in 2002 and a league and cup double in 2003. In 2004, however, the club finished in the mid-table. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... HJK Helsinki is a Finnish football club, playing at the Finnair Stadium in the capital, Helsinki. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...