Vesa Tauriainen
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 December 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland[1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1978–1985 | RoPs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | RoPs | 54 | (16) |
1989 | Kiruna | 24 | (12) |
1990–1991 | RoPs | 56 | (18) |
1992 | FC Oulu | 30 | (9) |
1993 | HJK | 28 | (4) |
1994–1996 | Jaro | 48 | (11) |
1997 | Santa Claus | 13 | (7) |
1998 | Lira | 18 | (11) |
1999 | RoPs | 23 | (2) |
2000 | Santa Claus | ||
International career | |||
1985 | Finland U17 | 6 | (2) |
1988–1989 | Finland U21 | 5 | (0) |
1990 | Finland | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2004–2005 | MyPa (assistant) | ||
2007 | KooTeePee | ||
2012–2015 | RoPs (assistant) | ||
2012–2015 | Santa Claus | ||
2017 | Santa Claus | ||
2018–2019 | RoPs II | ||
2020 | RoPs | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vesa Tauriainen (born 16 December 1967) is a Finnish former international footballer and a football manager.[1][2]
Coaching career
[edit]In September 2020, Tauriainen's contract with RoPs was terminated, and he was replaced as head coach by Mikko Mannila.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He is the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen and Kimmo Tauriainen, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
RoPs | 1985 | Mestaruussarja | – | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||
1986 | Mestaruussarja | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
1987 | Mestaruussarja | 3[a] | 0 | |||||||||
1988 | Mestaruussarja | 2[a] | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 16 | ||
Kiruna | 1989 | Division 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | |
RoPs | 1990 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
1991 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14 | |
Total | 56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 18 | ||
FC Oulu | 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
HJK | 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
Jaro | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
1995 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | |
1996 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Total | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | ||
Santa Claus | 1997 | Kakkonen | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | |
Lira | 1998 | Division 2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | |
RoPs | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
Career total | 294 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 90 |
- Notes
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualification, two appearances in the competition proper
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
- Notes
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Vesa Tauriainen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Vesa Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Virtanen, Ari (15 September 2020). "RoPS vahvisti valmentajanvaihdoksen, uudeksi päävalmentajaksi yllätysnimi Klubista" [RoPS confirmed the change of coach, a surprise name from the club as the new head coach]. hs.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 December 2022. (subscription required)
- ^ "Suomalainen futislupaus solmi ammattilaissopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [The Finnish football star signed a professional contract with Chelsea]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rovaniemi
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finnish football managers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kakkonen players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- FC Oulu players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- FF Jaro players
- FC Santa Claus players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Rovaniemen Palloseura managers