Teemu Tainio
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Tainio playing for the New York Red Bulls in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teemu Tainio | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Tornio, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | TP-47 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | FC 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 Helsinki | 36 | (3) |
| Total | 364 | (34) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2014 | Finland | 64 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2014 |
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Teemu Tainio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈteːmu ˈtɑinio]; born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish former footballer. Born in Tornio, he began his career with his local club, TP-47, before moving to FC Haka in 1996. A year later, he moved to France to play for Auxerre. After eight years there, he joined English club Tottenham Hotspur, where he spent three years before joining Sunderland. After a loan spell with Birmingham City during the 2009–10 season, he moved to Dutch club Ajax, before joining the New York Red Bulls in 2011. After two seasons in the United States, he returned to Finland to finish his career with HJK.
He mostly played in a variety of midfield positions during his career, and also at right-back under Juande Ramos at Tottenham.
Tainio was promoted to the first team of his home-town club TP-47 in Kakkonen, Finland's third tier, at the age of fourteen. He was signed by Veikkausliiga club FC Haka for the 1996 season. Following a trial at Manchester United in March 1997, Tainio joined French club AJ Auxerre in 1997, and spent eight years at the club. He won the Coupe de France with Auxerre twice, and also gained UEFA Champions League experience. While with Auxerre, Tainio appeared in 204 official matches and scored 19 goals.
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