Petri Tiainen

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Petri Tiainen
Personal information
Full name Petri Tiainen
Date of birth (1966-09-26) 26 September 1966 (age 57)
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 70 (13)
1998 FC Lahti 17 (0)
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.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuusysi 1984 Mestaruussarja 6060
1985 Mestaruussarja1525 [lower-alpha 2] 0202
1986 Mestaruussarja173173
Total3840050434
Ajax 1986–87 Eredivisie 50000050
1987–88 Eredivisie302050
Total802000100
HJK 1989 Mestaruussarja203002 [lower-alpha 2] 0223
1990 Veikkausliiga 9090
1991 Veikkausliiga14000140
1992 Veikkausliiga23100231
Total6640020684
MYPA 1994 Veikkausliiga2131 [lower-alpha 3] 0223
1995 Veikkausliiga1974 [lower-alpha 3] 1238
1996 Veikkausliiga152152
1997 Veikkausliiga151151
Total701300517514
Lahti 1998 Ykkönen 170170
Career total199212012121322
  1. Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in European Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

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References

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