Jani Tapani Virtanen

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

For the ice hockey player (born 1977), see Jani Virtanen (ice hockey).

Jani Virtanen
Virtanen in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jani Tapani Virtanen
Date of birth (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988
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)
2008 → Sorrento (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → FC Khimki (loan) 3 (0)
2010 TPS 7 (0)
2010 Åbo IFK 4 (1)
2010–2014 JJK 86 (5)
2014–2015 RoPS 20 (0)
2015–2016 FF Jaro 26 (2)
2016–2019 TPS 63 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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. 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]

References
  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".


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