Petri Tiainen

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Petri Tiainen
Personal information
Full name Petri Tiainen
Date of birth (1966-09-26) 26 September 1966 (age 56)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986 Kuusysi 38 (5)
1986–1989 Ajax 8 (0)
1989–1992 HJK Helsinki 66 (4)
1994–1997 Mypa-47 70 (13)
1998 FC Lahti ? (?)
International career
1986–1995 Finland 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petri Tiainen (born 26 September 1966) is a retired Finnish former football attacking midfielder.

He played for Kuusysi Lahti from 1984 to 1986, AFC Ajax from 1986 to 1989, HJK Helsinki from 1989 to 1992, MyPa from 1994 to 1997 and FC Lahti in 1998. He was capped 13 times for Finland, scoring 2 goals. [1] He won the Finnish Footballer of the Year award in 1986.

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References

  1. Petri Tiainen at National-Football-Teams.com