Jani Tapani Virtanen

For the ice hockey player (born 1977), see Jani Virtanen (ice hockey).
Jani Virtanen
Personal information
Full nameJani Tapani Virtanen
Date of birth6 May 1988
Place of birthTurku, Finland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
FF Jaro
Number26
Youth career
TPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006TPS15(1)
2006–2009Udinese1(0)
2008Sorrento (loan)3(0)
2009FC Khimki (loan)3(0)
2010TPS7(0)
2010Åbo IFK4(1)
2010–2013JJK86(5)
2014RoPS20(0)
2015FF Jaro1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988, Turku, Finland) is a professional Finnish footballer currently playing for FF Jaro.

Career

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.[1] Virtanen then moved to RoPS on a one year contract.[2]

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