Jani Tapani Virtanen
| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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TPS | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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 | → FC Khimki (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | TPS | 7 | (0) |
| 2010 | Åbo IFK | 4 | (1) |
| 2010–2014 | JJK | 86 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | RoPS | 20 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | FF Jaro | 26 | (2) |
| 2016– | TPS | 16 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2015. |
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Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988, Turku, Finland) is a professional Finnish footballer who currently plays for TPS.
Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese in the summer of 2006, at age of 18, signing a five-year contract. 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 has also two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento then FC Khimki.
In 2010, he played for FC TPS and their reserve team Åbo IFK before moving to JJK Jyväskylä in July. Virtanen then moved to RoPS on a one-year contract.
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