Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jimi Weikko Tauriainen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland [1] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
Number | 49 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2016 | FC Wild | ||
2016–2020 | HJK | ||
2020–2024 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Chelsea | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
2019 | Finland U15 | 3 | (2) |
2019 | Finland U16 | 6 | (4) |
2022 | Finland U18 | 2 | (1) |
2022 | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024 |
Jimi Weikko Tauriainen (born 8 March 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Premier League club Chelsea.
Born in Helsinki, Tauriainen began his footballing career with academy side FC Wild, a club his father had been involved in creating, at the age of five. [2] [3] He joined professional outfit HJK in 2016, before trialling with Italian sides Juventus and Inter Milan, as well as English side Chelsea in 2020. [4] [5]
In March 2020, shortly after his sixteenth birthday, HJK announced on their website that Tauriainen would join Chelsea in July of the same year, following his successful trial. [6] Initially a forward during his time in Finland, he was converted to a midfielder at Chelsea. [7]
He signed his first professional contract with The Blues on his seventeenth birthday, before extending this contract four months later, in July 2021. [8] [9]
On 25 February 2024, Tauriainen was named in the Chelsea first team squad in the League Cup final against Liverpool but remained an unused substitute. [10] He made his senior debut three days later, coming on as a late substitute for Mykhailo Mudryk in the FA Cup fifth round match against Leeds United. [11] On 2 May 2024, Tauriainen made his first appearance in Premier League, as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Tottenham. [12]
Tauriainen has represented Finland from under-15 to under-19 level. [1]
Tauriainen hails from a footballing family; his father, Pasi, is a former international for Finland, while his brother, Julius, currently plays for Finnish side Lahti. [2] His uncles, Kimmo and Vesa, are also former footballers. [2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Chelsea | 2023–24 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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