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Jani Tapani Virtanen

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Jani Virtanen
Virtanen in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jani Tapani Virtanen
Date of birth (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 TPS 15 (1)
2006–2009 Udinese 1 (0)
2008Sorrento (loan) 3 (0)
2009Khimki (loan) 3 (0)
2010 TPS 7 (0)
2010 Åbo IFK 4 (1)
2010–2014 JJK Jyväskylä 86 (5)
2014–2015 RoPS 20 (0)
2015–2016 Jaro 26 (2)
2016–2019 TPS 63 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

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Born in Turku, Finland, Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese in the summer of 2006, at the age of 18, signing a five-year contract for a fee of €350,000. On 23 December 2006, Virtanen became the fifth Finnish player ever to play in Serie A when he was substituted in for the last three minutes against AC Milan. Virtanen also had two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento, then to FC Khimki.

In 2010, he played for FC TPS and their reserve team, Åbo IFK, before moving to JJK Jyväskylä in July.[1] Virtanen then moved to RoPS on a one-year contract.[2]

Career statistics

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As of 13 June 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TPS 2004 Veikkausliiga 1 0 1 0
2005 Veikkausliiga 10 0 1 0 11 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 4 1 4 1
Total 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Udinese 2006–07 Serie A 1 0 2 0 3 0
2007–08 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sorrento (loan) 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 3 0 2 1 5 1
Khimki (loan) 2009 Russian Premier League 3 0 3 0
TPS 2010 Veikkausliiga 7 0 2 0 1[b] 0 1[c] 0 10 0
Åbo IFK 2010 Kakkonen 4 1 4 1
JJK Jyväskylä 2010 Veikkausliiga 11 0 11 0
2011 Veikkausliiga 29 4 1 0 1[c] 0 31 4
2012 Veikkausliiga 20 0 2 1 3[b] 0 6[c] 1 31 2
2013 Veikkausliiga 28 0 2 0 6[c] 0 36 0
Total 88 4 5 1 3 0 13 1 109 6
RoPS 2014 Veikkausliiga 18 0 2 0 1[b] 0 4[c] 1 25 1
Jaro 2015 Veikkausliiga 26 2 1 0 3[c] 0 30 2
TPS 2016 Veikkausliiga 25 8 2 2 27 10
2017 Ykkönen 21 7 5 2 26 9
2018 Veikkausliiga 13 1 4 0 17 1
2019 Ykkönen 8 0 2 0 10 0
Total 67 16 13 4 0 0 0 0 80 20
Career total 232 24 28 6 5 0 21 2 286 32
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Coppa Italia
  2. ^ a b c Includes UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c d e f Includes Finnish League Cup

References

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  1. ^ "FC JJK - Jani Virtanen vaihtaa TPS:n kettupaitaan". www.fcjjk.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Jani Virtanen RoPS-paitaan". Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ^ Jani Virtanen, Finnish FA
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