Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
 Virtanen in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jani Tapani Virtanen | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Turku, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TPS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | TPS | 15 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Udinese | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Sorrento (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Khimki (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | TPS | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Åbo IFK | 4 | (1) |
| 2010–2014 | JJK Jyväskylä | 86 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | RoPS | 20 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Jaro | 26 | (2) |
| 2016–2019 | TPS | 63 | (16) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Turku, Finland, Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese in the summer of 2006, at the age of 18, signing a five-year contract for a fee of €350,000. On 23 December 2006, Virtanen became the fifth Finnish player ever to play in Serie A when he was substituted in for the last three minutes against AC Milan. Virtanen also had two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento, then to FC Khimki.
In 2010, he played for FC TPS and their reserve team, Åbo IFK, before moving to JJK Jyväskylä in July.[1] Virtanen then moved to RoPS on a one-year contract.[2]
Career statistics
edit- As of 13 June 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TPS | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Udinese | 2006–07 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sorrento (loan) | 2008–09 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Khimki (loan) | 2009 | Russian Premier League | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| TPS | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Åbo IFK | 2010 | Kakkonen | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
| JJK Jyväskylä | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 6[c] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 88 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 109 | 6 | ||
| RoPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Jaro | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 3[c] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| TPS | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 27 | 10 | ||
| 2017 | Ykkönen | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 26 | 9 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 67 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20 | ||
| Career total | 232 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 286 | 32 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Coppa Italia
- ^ a b c Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c d e f Includes Finnish League Cup
References
edit- ^ "FC JJK - Jani Virtanen vaihtaa TPS:n kettupaitaan". www.fcjjk.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Jani Virtanen RoPS-paitaan". Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Jani Virtanen, Finnish FA
External links
edit- Jani Tapani Virtanen at Soccerway
- Profile at RoPS (in Finnish)
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