Jani Tapani Virtanen

For the ice hockey player (born 1977), see Jani Virtanen (ice hockey).

Jani Virtanen

Virtanen in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Jani Tapani Virtanen
Date of birth	(1988-05-06) 6 May 1988
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
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)
2016–2019	TPS	63	(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Turku, Finland, Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese in the summer of 2006, at the 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 also had two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento, then to 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.

External links

• Jani Tapani Virtanen at Soccerway
• Profile at RoPS (in Finnish)