Mikko Juhani Kavén (born 19 February 1975) is a retired Finnish football goalkeeper who used to play for Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga.
 Kavén with TamU in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikko Juhani Kavén | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Lahti, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Kuusysi | 62 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | HJK | 10 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Motherwell | 16 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Vålerenga | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2010 | Tampere United | 231 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000– 2007 | Finland | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2022 | Ilves (gk coach) | ||
| 2014 | Finland U20 (gk coach) | ||
| 2018–2022 | Finland U21 (gk coach) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 November 2009 | |||
He is currently acting as goalkeeping coach in Veikkausliiga side Ilves.[1]
Club career
editKavén has also played for Kuusysi and HJK Helsinki in Finland and for Motherwell F.C. in Scotland and Vålerenga I.F. in Norway.[2]
In 1998, he was part of the HJK squad that qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage.
International career
editKavén played 15 times for Finnish national team before retiring from international games in January 2008.
Career statistics
edit- As of 1 September 2024.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kuusysi | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 1996 | Ykkönen | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| HJK | 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Motherwell | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Vålerenga | 1999 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Tippeligaen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Tampere United | 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[d] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | – | – | 4[e] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8[f] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 243 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 291 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 332 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 383 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
Honours
editTampere United
- Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007
- Finnish Cup: 2007
HJK
- Veikkausliiga: 1997
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
References
edit- ^ Ilveksen valmennusryhmä kasassa Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Tongue, Steve (4 March 1999). "Football: Chelsea plan to overcome Olsen obstacle". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ Mikko Kavén stats, Finnish FA
- Mikko Kavén at National-Football-Teams.com