Jani Tapani Virtanen

Jani Virtanen
	Virtanen in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Jani Tapani Virtanen
Date of birth	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
2004–2006	TPS
2006–2009	Udinese
2008	→ Sorrento (loan)
2009	→ Khimki (loan)
2010	TPS
2010	Åbo IFK
2010–2014	JJK Jyväskylä
2014–2015	RoPS
2015–2016	Jaro
2016–2019	TPS
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated June 14, 2024

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

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 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

As of 13 June 2024^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	31	4
	2012	Veikkausliiga	20	0	2	1	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	31	2
	2013	Veikkausliiga	28	0	2	0	–		6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	36	0
	Total		88	4	5	1	3	0	13	1	109	6
RoPS	2014	Veikkausliiga	18	0	2	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	25	1
Jaro	2015	Veikkausliiga	26	2	1	0	–		3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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

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References

↑ "FC JJK - Jani Virtanen vaihtaa TPS:n kettupaitaan". www.fcjjk.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
↑ "Jani Virtanen RoPS-paitaan".
↑ Jani Virtanen, Finnish FA

External links

Jani Tapani Virtanen at Soccerway
Profile at RoPS (in Finnish)

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[4] Includes Suomen Cup and Coppa Italia

[uel-5] 1 2 3 Includes UEFA Europa League

[flc-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Includes Finnish League Cup

[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".

[3] Jani Virtanen, Finnish FA

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