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Juska Savolainen

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Juska Savolainen
Personal information
Full name Juska Samuli Savolainen
Date of birth (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Heerenveen 0 (0)
2003 KooTeePee 15 (0)
2004 Hämeenlinna 26 (0)
2005 AC Allianssi 23 (4)
2006–2007 Tampere United 49 (4)
2008–2009 Rosenborg 7 (0)
2009Tampere United (loan) 15 (1)
2010–2011 Haugesund 17 (0)
International career
2010 Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2011

Juska Samuli Savolainen (born 1 September 1983) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He ended his career due to persisting injuries in 2011.

Career

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Savolainen represented Tampere United until January 2008. He moved to United for the season 2006 from AC Allianssi. He has also represented FC Hämeenlinna and FC KooTeePee in the Finnish Premier Division.

In January 2008, Savolainen moved to the Norwegian club Rosenborg BK. In 2009, he was loaned out to his former club Tampere United from 17 March until 31 July. In 2009, he signed for FK Haugesund.

Career statistics

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As of 1 September 2024.[1][2][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KäPa 2000 Kakkonen 1 0 1 0
2001 Kakkonen 9 1 9 1
Total 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Heerenveen 2002–03 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 0 0
KooTeePee 2003 Veikkausliiga 15 0 15 0
Hämeenlinna 2004 Veikkausliiga 26 0 1 0 27 0
AC Allianssi 2005 Veikkausliiga 23 5 0 0 4[c] 0 27 5
Hämeenlinna (loan) 2005 Ykkönen 1 0 1 0
Tampere United 2006 Veikkausliiga 23 3 0 0 4[d] 0 27 3
2007 Veikkausliiga 26 1 1 0 7[e] 0 34 1
Total 49 4 1 0 0 0 11 0 61 4
Rosenborg 2008 Tippeligaen 2 0 0 0 2 0
2009 Tippeligaen 5 0 0 0 5 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Rosenborg 2 2008 2. divisjon 3 0 3 0
Tampere United (loan) 2009 Veikkausliiga 15 1 0 0 3 0 18 1
Haugesund 2010 Tippeligaen 17 0 0 0 17 0
2011 Tippeligaen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Haugesund 2 2010 3. divisjon 2 0 2 0
2011 3. divisjon 2 0 2 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 170 11 2 0 3 0 15 0 190 11
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup

International career

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On 18 January 2010 Savolainen made his first appearance for Finland national football team. Savolainen was at starting line-up in friendly match against South Korea at Málaga, Spain.[4] On 25 May 2010 he had his second and last match for the national team against Estonia.

Honours

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Club

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Tampere United
Rosenborg BK

References

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  1. ^ Juska Savolainen, National-Football-Teams
  2. ^ Juska Savolainen stats, Finnish FA
  3. ^ Juska Savolainen stats, Norwegian FA
  4. ^ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Mestvinnende" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2009.