Career
He has coached PK-35, Football Club Jokerit and Football Club KooTeePee in Finland and Football Club Levadia Tallinn and Football Club Flora Tallinn in Estonia. His last club was TPS. Rautiainen was very talented as a young player, and he joined Bayern Munich at the age of just 18 in 1980. Rautiainen later made 115 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen (1981-1982) and Arminia Bielefeld (1982–1985), scoring 14 goals.
He also played in the 2.
Bundesliga for Bielefeld and SG Wattenscheid 09. In Finland Rautiainen played for HJK Helsinki, winning the Finnish championship in 1978 and 1990.
He also earned 25 caps for the Finland national football team, scoring once. 1982 the sports journalists of his home country elected him Finnish Football player of the Year.
Rautiainen is also a popular football pundit in Finland.
He"s known for his energetic and enthusiastic behavior when talking about anything concerning football. He commented Union of European Football Associations Champions League games for the television channel Nelonen. In the 2003-2004 season, he promised he"d walk from Helsinki to Porvoo (some 50 kilometres) if Deportivo were able to knock A.C. (before Christ) Milan out in the quarter finals which indeed happened.
He never wore socks even when live on television He was also featured on the broadcasts of Estonian channel ETV during the 2006 World Cup.
Now he works as a studio commentator in Finland"s national team matches. He also continues to work as studio commentator for Champions League and English Premier League broadcasts.