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Finnish footballer (born 1977)

Janne Saarinen
Personal information
Full name Janne Johannes Saarinen
Date of birth (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
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.

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.

In 2003, Saarinen moved to 1860 Munich of the German Bundesliga for €500,000, 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
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 1993 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 Veikkausliiga 10 1 0 0 2 0 12 1
1995 Veikkausliiga 14 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1996 Veikkausliiga 21 1 0 0 2 0 23 1
Total 46 2 0 0 6 0 52 2
IFK Göteborg 1997 Allsvenskan 3 0 — — 3 0
1998 Allsvenskan 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
HJK 1999 Veikkausliiga 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 Veikkausliiga 29 2 1 1 3 0 33 3
Total 37 2 1 1 3 0 41 3
Rosenborg 2001 Tippeligaen 19 0 0 0 7 0 26 0
2002 Tippeligaen 19 0 0 0 8 0 27 0
2003 Tippeligaen 3 0 — — 3 0
Total 41 0 0 0 15 0 56 0
1860 Munich 2003–04 Bundesliga 17 0 1 0 — 18 0
Copenhagen 2004–05 Danish Superliga 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2005–06 Danish Superliga 7 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
Total 16 0 0 0 5 0 21 0
Honka 2006 Veikkausliiga 16 5 — — 16 5
2007 Veikkausliiga 22 3 1 1 4 0 27 4
Total 38 8 1 1 4 0 43 9
BK Häcken 2008 Superettan 24 0 2 2 — 26 2
2009 Allsvenskan 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Total 37 0 2 2 0 0 39 2
HJK 2010 Veikkausliiga 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 240 18 6 4 33 0 279 22
  1. Includes Suomen Cup, DFB-Pokal and Svenska Cupen
  2. Includes UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ^ Includes UEFA Cup
  5. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League

International

Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2000 4 0
2001 7 0
2002 8 0
2003 9 0
2004 5 0
2005 7 0
2006 1 0
2007 0 0
2008 1 0
Total 42 0

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.

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