Hannu Tihinen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hannu Tihinen | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Keminmaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | KePS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | KePS | 77 | (12) |
| 1997–2000 | HJK Helsinki | 65 | (8) |
| 2000–2002 | Viking | 71 | (8) |
| 2001 | → West Ham United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Anderlecht | 101 | (14) |
| 2006–2010 | Zürich | 116 | (9) |
| Total | 438 | (51) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2010 | Finland | 76 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2010 |
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Hannu Tihinen (born 1 July 1976 in Keminmaa, Lapland) is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a defender.
He has played for clubs in Finland, Norway, England, Belgium and Switzerland.
Tihinen started his career with KePS in the lower divisions before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK for the 1997 season. He won both the Finnish championship and Finnish Cup once with HJK, and also earned UEFA Champions League experience with the club in the 1998-99 season. Tihinen then joined Norwegian club Viking in 2000. He spent two and a half seasons with Viking, while also having a brief loan spell at West Ham United in the English Premiership. Whilst at West Ham he played in their 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 2000-01 FA Cup. In 2002 Tihinen joined Belgian giants Anderlecht. He played in Belgium for four years, winning two Belgian championships. After Tihinen's contract with Anderlecht expired in the summer of 2006, he was snapped up by Zürich on a three-year deal. He was Captain of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship and the 2008-09 Swiss Championship winning team.
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