Janne Saarinen

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Janne Saarinen
Personal information
Full name Janne Johannes Saarinen
Date of birth (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1996 HJK 46 (2)
1997–1998 IFK Göteborg 3 (0)
1999–2000 HJK 37 (3)
2001–2003 Rosenborg 41 (0)
2003–2004 1860 München 17 (0)
2004–2006 Copenhagen 16 (0)
2006–2007 Honka 38 (8)
2008–2009 Häcken 37 (0)
2009–2010 HJK 5 (0)
Total240(13)
International career
2000–2008 Finland 42 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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 for a transfer fee of €800,000. [1]

In 2003, Saarinen moved to 1860 Munich of the German Bundesliga for €500,000, [2] 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 Allsvenskan club Häcken in 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK 1993 Veikkausliiga 10000010
1994 Veikkausliiga101002 [b] 0121
1995 Veikkausliiga140002 [c] 0160
1996 Veikkausliiga211002 [d] 0231
Total4620060522
IFK Göteborg 1997 Allsvenskan 3030
1998 Allsvenskan0000
Total30000030
HJK 1999 Veikkausliiga80000080
2000 Veikkausliiga292113 [d] 0333
Total3721130413
Rosenborg 2001 Tippeligaen 190007 [e] 0260
2002 Tippeligaen190008 [e] 0270
2003 Tippeligaen3030
Total41000150560
1860 Munich 2003–04 Bundesliga 17010180
Copenhagen 2004–05 Danish Superliga 90002 [e] 0110
2005–06 Danish Superliga 70003 [d] 0100
Total1600050210
Honka 2006 Veikkausliiga165165
2007 Veikkausliiga223114 [c] 0274
Total3881140439
BK Häcken 2008 Superettan 24022262
2009 Allsvenskan 13000130
Total3702200392
HJK 2010 Veikkausliiga50100060
Career total240186433027922

International

[3]

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

Honours

HJK Helsinki

Rosenborg

FC Copenhagen

References

  1. Janne Saarinen: HJK ansaitsi siirtorahat, Ilta-Sanomat, 27 December 2000
  2. Janne Saarinen siirtyy 1860 Müncheniin, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 3 June 2003
  3. "SAARINEN, Janne" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  4. "Tirsdag 20/07 2004 kl. 18:30". fck.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.