Akim Sairinen

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Akim Sairinen
Personal information
Full name Akim Saeed Sairinen
Date of birth (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Lynx
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2013 MP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 MiKi 1 (0)
2013–2015 MP 69 (4)
2016 EIF 27 (0)
2017 Gjøvik-Lyn 25 (1)
2018–2019 Tammeka 72 (5)
2020 Florø 12 (1)
2021 Dainava 35 (0)
2022 PIF 11 (0)
2023 Panargiakos ? (?)
2024– Lynx 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024

Akim Saeed Sairinen (born 22 May 1994) is a Finnish professional football defender, playing for Gibraltar Premier League side Lynx.

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Career

Sairinen played in a youth sector of his hometown club Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) since he was five years old. [1] [2] He made his senior debut with the club's associate team Mikkelin Kissat (MiKi) in fourth-tier Kolmonen in 2012. With MP first team, Sairinen played two seasons in third-tier Kakkonen and one season in second-tier Ykkönen, followed by another Ykkönen season with Ekenäs IF (EIF) in 2016, before moving to Gjøvik-Lyn in Norway in 2017. [3]

During 2018 and 2019, he played for JK Tammeka in Estonian premier division Meistriliiga, [4] [5] before returning to Norway to sign with Florø SK for the 2020 season.

In 2021, Sairinen played for Lithuanian club FK Dainava in top-tier A Lyga. In the early 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with second-tier club Pargas IF. [6]

In January 2023, he moved to Greece and signed with Panargiakos in Gamma Ethniki for the rest of the 2022–23 season.

In January 2024, Sairinen signed with Lynx, playing in Gibraltar Football League, country's top-tier league. [7]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MiKi 2012 Kolmonen 1000—10
MP 2013 Kakkonen 25400—254
2014 Kakkonen21000—210
2015 Ykkönen23010—240
Total6041000614
Ekenäs IF 2016 Ykkönen27010—280
Gjøvik-Lyn 2017 3. divisjon 25110—260
Tammeka 2018 Meistriliiga 36440—404
2019 Meistriliiga36141—402
Total7258100806
Florø 2020 2. divisjon 12100—121
Dainava 2021 A Lyga 35000—350
Pargas IF 2022Ykkönen11010—120
Panargiakos 2022–23 Gamma Ethniki
Lynx 2023–24 Gibraltar Football League 10010—110
Career total2781113100283

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