Ari Tissari

{{Short description|Finnish footballer (1951–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ari Tissari | image = | height = 1.80 m<ref>{{WorldFootball.net}}</ref> | full_name = Ari Olavi Tissari | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1951|11|24}} | birth_place = Kotka, Finland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|11|3|1951|11|24}} | death_place = Kotka, Finland | position = Striker | years1 = 1969–1980 | clubs1 = KTP | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1981 | clubs2 = Vasalund | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1981–1985 | clubs3 = KTP | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1980 | nationalteam1 = Finland | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }}

'''Ari Olavi Tissari''' (24 November 1951 – 3 November 2023) was a Finnish footballer who played as a striker. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/ari-tissari-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/ari-tissari-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Ari Tissari Olympic Results |accessdate=28 October 2018}}</ref> Tissari died in November 2023, at the age of 71.<ref>[https://fcktp.fi/uutiset/12771-ktp-n-armoitettu-maalintekija-nukkui-pois KTP:n armoitettu maalintekijä nukkui pois] {{in lang|fi}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tissari, Ari}} Category:1951 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Footballers from Kotka Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Category:Vasalunds IF players Category:Finland men's international footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Finland Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Finnish expatriate men's footballers Category:Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen