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Julius Tauriainen
Tauriainen in 2022
Personal information
Full name Julius Mikael Tauriainen[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Lahti
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2015 FC Wild
2016–2019 HJK
2019–2020SC Freiburg (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Klubi 04 38 (9)
2019–2020 HJK 0 (0)
2020–2022 SC Freiburg II 39 (2)
2022 Miedź Legnica II 5 (0)
2023– Lahti 36 (2)
International career
2016–2017 Finland U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U17 6 (0)
2019 Finland U18 4 (1)
2019 Finland U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2024

Julius Mikael Tauriainen (born 18 April 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2][3]

Early life

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Tauriainen grew up in Veikkola, Kirkkonummi and started playing football in the local club FC WILD, before joining the HJK organisation.[4]

Club career

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Klubi 04

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On 18 February 2018 it was reported that HJK had signed a 2+1 year contract with its own protégé Julius Tauriainen.[5]

SC Freiburg II

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Following a successful loan stint with SC Freiburg youth academy, it was announced on 2 July 2020 that HJK had accepted an offer from SC Freiburg for a permanent transfer of Tauriainen, for an undisclosed fee.[6] He was registered to the club's reserve team SC Freiburg II. After the season, the club gained promotion to 3. Liga.

Miedź Legnica II

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Miedź Legnica announced on 15 September 2022 that Tauriainen had joined the club and that he would represent Miedź Legnica II.[7] He departed the club after a few months.

FC Lahti

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On 6 February 2023, Tauriainen returned to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga side FC Lahti on a two-year deal.[8] On 24 July 2024, it was announced that Tauriainen is sidelined for indefinite period of time due to surgery-requiring knee injury.[9]

International career

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He has represented Finland at international youth levels and was in the starting eleven in 8 out of 10 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[10]

Personal life

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Tauriainen belongs to a football family. His grandfather Veikko Tauriainen played football in many clubs in Finland, his father is a former Finland international footballer Pasi Tauriainen, and his uncles Vesa Tauriainen and Kimmo Tauriainen are both former professional footballers. He is the older brother of Chelsea forward Jimi Tauriainen.[11]

Career statistics

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As of 26 July 2024[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2018 Ykkönen 26 2 3 0 29 2
2019 Kakkonen 12 7 12 7
Total 38 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 41 9
HJK 2019 Veikkausliiga 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
SC Freiburg II 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 11 1 11 1
2021–22 3. Liga 28 1 28 1
Total 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Miedź Legnica II 2022–23 III liga 5 0 5 0
Lahti 2023 Veikkausliiga 21 1 1 0 2[b] 0 24 1
2024 Veikkausliiga 15 1 2 1 4[b] 0 21 3
Total 36 2 3 1 0 0 6 0 44 3
Career total 118 14 8 1 0 0 5 0 132 14

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Finnish League Cup

Honours

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SC Freiburg II

References

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  1. ^ a b c Julius Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Julius Tauriainen vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ Julius Tauriainen vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta, fclahti.fi, 6 February 2023
  5. ^ "HJK sopimukseen maajoukkuekonkarin pojan, 16, kanssa – "Tavoite menestyä paremmin kuin isä"" [HJK to an agreement with a son of a national team champion, 16 - "I aim to succeed better than father"] (in Finnish). Vantaan Sanomat. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Julius Tauriainen siirtyy SC Freiburgiin" [Julius Tauriainen moves to SC Freiburg] (in Finnish). HJK. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Julius Tauriainen wzmacnia Miedź II" [Julius Tauriainen strengthens Miedź II] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  8. ^ Julius Tauriainen päätyi monen mutkan kautta FC Lahteen - "Pelaan nyt niin hyvin kuin pystyn", Veikkausliiga, 1 June 2023
  9. ^ Julius Tauriaisen kausi on ohi, fclahti, 24 July 2024
  10. ^ "Pikkuhuuhkajien luottopelaaja vaihtaa seuraa – varusmiespalvelus alkaa syksyllä" [Key player of Little Eagle Owls changes club - his military service starts in the fall] (in Finnish). SuomiFutis. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ^ Julius Tauriainen – Jalkapallosuvun soihdunkantaja, fclahti.fi, 1 June 2023
  12. ^ Julius Tauriainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  13. ^ Julius Tauriainen at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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