Jani Viander

Jani Viander (born 18 August 1975) is a Finnish former football goalkeeper who currently works as the Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach at Premier League side Brentford. In a long career as a player, Viander played professionally in Finland, Belgium, England, Denmark, Israel and Cyprus. He won 13 caps for Finland at international level.

Jani Viander
Personal information
Full name Jani Viander
Date of birth (1975-08-18) 18 August 1975
Place of birth Tuusula, Finland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 TiPS Vantaa
1992–1993 K-UP Kerava 20 (0)
1994–1995 FinnPa 39 (0)
1995 Ilves 6 (0)
1996 FF Jaro 27 (0)
1997 FC Jazz 2 (0)
1997–1998 KV Kortrijk 30 (0)
1998–2001 HJK Helsinki 83 (0)
2001–2002Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2003 Stoke City 0 (0)
2003FC Midtjylland (loan) 2 (0)
2003 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2004 Brentford 0 (0)
2004 Ashdod 15 (0)
2004 Aris Limassol 7 (0)
2005 RoPS 26 (0)
2006 FF Jaro 21 (0)
2007 AC Oulu 26 (0)
2008–2010 Klubi 04 1 (0)
2008–2010 HJK Helsinki 1 (0)
Total 305 (0)
International career
1999–2003 Finland 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Viander played 13 times for Finland national football team.[1] He used to play for clubs like HJK Helsinki, Bolton Wanderers and K.V. Kortrijk.[2] At Bolton his only appearance came in the FA Cup against Stockport County.[3] He also joined Stoke City for a season, in which he did not feature in a single match, apart from being named on the substitutes bench.[4]

He ended his long outland journey after returning to Finland to season 2005. He joined newly promoted RoPS, Rovaniemi, but he was not capable to keep them in Finnish Premier league. RoPS were relegated to first division and Viander left club to join FF Jaro.[5] He played against Kaiserslautern when HJK was in the UEFA Champions League in 1998.[6]

Coaching career

Viander began his coaching career in 2010, after being named HJK Helsinki's club's full-time goalkeeping coach.[7] The following year he was awarded the Coach of the Year award by the Veikkausliiga. Viander was named goalkeeping coach for the Finland U21 side in 2011. In the summer of 2012, Viander returned to England to take up the position of academy goalkeeping coach at Premier League side Norwich City.[4] In April 2013, Viander returned to Brentford, to take up the role of Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach.[1]

Personal life

Viander married British-born model Laura Duncan in June 2008.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[9]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
K-UP Kerava 1993 Kakkonen 200200
FinnPa 1994 Veikkausliiga 250250
1995 Veikkausliiga 140140
Ilves 1995 Veikkausliiga 6060
FF Jaro 1996 Veikkausliiga 270270
FC Jazz 1997 Veikkausliiga 2020
KV Kortrijk 1997–98 Belgian Second Division 300300
HJK Helsinki 1998 Veikkausliiga 8080
1999 Veikkausliiga 270270
2000 Veikkausliiga 320320
2001 Veikkausliiga 160160
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2001–02 First Division 001010
Stoke City 2001–02 Second Division 000000
2002–03 First Division 000000
FC Midtjylland (loan) 2002–03 Danish Superliga 1010
Plymouth Argyle 2003–04 Second Division 000000
Brentford 2003–04 Second Division 000000
Ashdod 2003–04 Israeli Premier League 150150
Aris Limassol 2004–05 Cypriot First Division 7070
RoPS 2005 Veikkausliiga 260260
FF Jaro 2006 Veikkausliiga 210210
AC Oulu 2007 Veikkausliiga 260260
Klubi 04 2008 Kakkonen 0000
2009 Ykkönen 1010
HJK Helsinki 2010 Veikkausliiga 1010
Total 3050103060

International

Source:[9]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 199940
200030
200130
200220
200310
Total130

References

  1. Wickham, Chris. "Jani viander joins academy staff". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. "Jani Viander | Football Stats | No Club | Age 40 | 1994–2004 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. "Bolton see off Stockport". BBC. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. "Flown From the Nest - Jani Viander". www.ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. "Jani Viander :: Jani Viander ::". www.footballzz.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. uefa.com. "UEFA Champions League 1998/99 - History - Kaiserslautern-HJK – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. "Jani Viander". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  8. "Parish Diary for June 2008" (PDF). allsaintshertford.org.
  9. Jani Viander at National-Football-Teams.com
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