Janne Saarinen

Janne Johannes Saarinen (born 28 February 1977, in Espoo) is a retired Finnish footballer.

Janne Saarinen
Personal information
Full name Janne Johannes Saarinen
Date of birth (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 HJK Helsinki 46 (2)
1997–1998 IFK Göteborg 3 (0)
1999–2000 HJK Helsinki 37 (3)
2001–2003 Rosenborg 41 (0)
2003–2004 1860 München 17 (0)
2004–2006 FC Copenhagen 16 (0)
2006–2007 Honka 38 (8)
2008–2009 Häcken 37 (0)
2009–2010 HJK Helsinki 5 (0)
International career
2000–2008 Finland 42 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Saarinen started his career as a promising attacking midfielder at HJK Helsinki, making his Veikkausliiga debut in 1993. In 1997, he moved to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg, but never made a breakthrough – partly because of injuries. After two years he returned to HJK, where he was converted to a left back by the then coach Jyrki Heliskoski. He impressed in his new position, earning a move to Norwegian giants Rosenborg in 2001. In 2003, Saarinen moved to 1860 Munich of the German Bundesliga, but he was not successful there, and moved to Danish giants FC København in 2004. Saarinen returned to Finland with home-town club FC Honka for the 2006 season, stating he wanted to play in a more attacking role once more. In 2008 Saarinen joined Häcken from Sweden, where he played for two years. On 11 September 2009, Saarinen went back to HJK Helsinki.

International career

Saarinen made his debut for the Finnish national team on 16 August 2000 against Norway. He was Finland's first choice left back for most of the first half of the 2000s.

Statistics

[1]

Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200040
200170
200280
200390
200450
200570
200610
200700
200810
Total420

Honours

HJK Helsinki

Rosenborg

FC Copenhagen

References
  1. "SAARINEN, Janne" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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