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Teemu Tainio

Finnish association football player and manager

Teemu Mikael Tainio (born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Tallinna Kalev and an assistant coach of the Finland national football team.

Teemu Tainio
Tainio playing for the New York Red Bulls in 2011
Personal information
Full name Teemu Mikael Tainio[1]
Date of birth (1979-11-27) 27 November 1979 (age 44)[2]
Place of birth Tornio, Finland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[4]
Club information
Current team
 Tallinna Kalev (manager)
Youth career
1994–1995 TP-47
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Haka 46 (14)
1997–2005 Auxerre 150 (14)
2005–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 61 (3)
2008–2010 Sunderland 21 (0)
2009–2010 → Birmingham City (loan) 6 (0)
2010–2011 Ajax 2 (0)
2011–2012 New York Red Bulls 42 (0)
2013–2014 HJK 36 (3)
Total 364 (34)
National team
1998–2014 Finland 64 (6)
Teams managed
2017 Klubi 04 (assistant)
2018 Haka (assistant)
2019–2023 Haka
2023–2024 AEL Limassol (assistant)
2024 Tallinna Kalev (assistant)
2024– Finland (assistant)
2024– Tallinna Kalev
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 7 March 2024[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Haka 1996 Veikkausliiga 20 4 0 0 – 4[b] 0 24 4
1997 Veikkausliiga 26 10 0 0 – – 26 10
Total 46 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 50 14
Auxerre 1997–98 Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1998–99 Division 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 — 13 1
1999–00 Division 1 25 3 1 0 1[c] 0 — 27 3
2000–01 Division 1 10 1 0 0 1[c] 0 5[d] 0 16 1
2001–02 Division 1 28 3 1 0 2[c] 0 — 31 3
2002–03 Ligue 1 25 1 3 0 0 0 11[e] 1 39 2
2003–04 Ligue 1 22 3 3 1 5[f] 0 7[b] 1 37 5
2004–05 Ligue 1 26 2 4 1 3[c] 0 7[b] 0 40 3
Total 150 14 12 2 12 0 30 2 204 18
Auxerre B 1997–98 CFA 5 1 – – – 5 1
1998–99 CFA 14 3 – – – 14 3
Total 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 4
Tottenham Hotspur 2005–06 Premier League 24 1 1 0 0 0 — 25 1
2006–07 Premier League 21 2 4 0 1[g] 0 6[b] 0 32 2
2007–08 Premier League 16 0 2 0 5[g] 0 3[b] 0 26 0
Total 61 3 7 0 6 0 9 0 83 3
Sunderland 2008–09 Premier League 21 0 1 0 0 0 — 22 0
2009–10 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 1 — 1 1
Total 21 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 1
Birmingham City (loan) 2009–10 Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Ajax 2010–11 Eredivisie 2 0 1 0 — 2[h] 0 5 0
New York Red Bulls 2011 MLS 28 0 0 0 3[i] 0 — 31 0
2012 MLS 14 0 0 0 2[i] 0 — 16 0
Total 42 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 47 0
HJK 2013 Veikkausliiga 20 2 2 0 3[j] 0 1[h] 0 26 2
2014 Veikkausliiga 16 1 3 0 1[j] 0 9[k] 0 29 1
Total 36 3 5 0 4 0 10 0 55 3
Career total 383 39 26 2 28 1 55 2 492 44
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, KNVB Beker and Suomen Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Includes UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  4. ↑ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
  5. ↑ Includes seven appearances in UEFA Champions League and four appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
  6. ↑ Includes four appearances in Coupe de la Ligue and one appearance in Trophée des Champions
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Includes EFL League Cup
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Includes UEFA Champions League
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Includes MLS Cup Playoffs
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Includes Finnish League Cup
  11. ↑ Includes four appearances in UEFA Champions League and five appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 1998 3 0
1999 1 0
2000 3 0
2001 4 1
2002 6 0
2003 6 3
2004 2 1
2005 8 0
2006 2 0
2007 6 1
2008 5 0
2009 4 0
2010 2 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 9 0
2014 3 0
Total 64 6
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tainio goal.
List of international goals scored by Teemu Tainio
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 2001 Tirana, Albania   Albania 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6 September 2003 Baku, Azerbaijan   Azerbaijan 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
3 11 October 2003 Tampere, Finland   Canada 3–2 Friendly
4 16 November 2003 Houston, United States   Honduras 2–1 Friendly
5 13 October 2004 Amsterdam, Netherlands   Netherlands 1–3 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 22 August 2007 Tampere, Finland   Kazakhstan 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Managerial

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As of 10 March 2024
Team Nat From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD W%
FC Haka   1 January 2019 31 October 2023 165 75 38 52 268 225 +43 045.5
Total 165 75 38 52 268 225 +43

Honours

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As a player

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FC Haka[8]

Auxerre

Tottenham Hotspur

Ajax

HJK

As a manager

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FC Haka

References

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  1. ↑ "WK 2006 Kwalificatie" [2006 World Cup Qualification] (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Teemu Tainio: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Teemu Tainio: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Teemu Tainio". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  5. ↑ Teemu Tainio, worldfootball
  6. ↑ Teemu Tainio, Finnish FA
  7. ↑ "Teemu Tainio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  8. ↑ t tainio
  9. ↑ Stevenson, Jonathan (24 February 2008). "Tottenham 2–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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