Kimmo Tauriainen (born 16 March 1972) is a Finnish former footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1989 | RoPs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | RoPs | 21 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Kontu | 75 | (11) |
| 1996 | KePS | 21 | (2) |
| 1997 | GBK | 5 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Atlantis | 103 | (16) |
| 2002 | Start | 23 | (4) |
| 2003 | Jokerit | 22 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | MyPa | 15 | (3) |
| 2006 | Atlantis | 24 | (9) |
| Total | 309 | (45) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Finland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editHe has played for RoPS, KePS, Kontu, FC Jokerit, MyPa and Atlantis FC. He also played one season in Norwegian IK Start. He won the Finnish Cup with Atlantis FC in 2001 and with MyPa in 2004. Tauriainen has also won Finnish championship in 2005 with MyPa.
Tauriainen returned to Atlantis from MyPa in 2006. He had to end his professional career because of knee injury after season 2006.
Personal life
editHe is the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen and Vesa Tauriainen, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.[2]
Nowadays Kimmo works as a sales person in Duosport. Kimmo is also getting married during summer 2009 with singer Maria.
References
edit- ^ a b Kimmo Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Suomalainen futislupaus solmi ammattilaissopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [The Finnish football star signed a professional contract with Chelsea]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 9 March 2021.
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