Petri Pasanen

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Petri Pasanen
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Personal information
Date of birth 24 September 1980 (1980-09-24) (age 31)
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Red Bull Salzburg
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996 Kuusysi Lahti 2 (0)
1996–2000 Lahti 71 (2)
1997 → Hämeenlinna (loan) 4 (0)
1998 → Hämeenlinna (loan) 1 (0)
2000–2004 Ajax 52 (7)
2004 → Portsmouth (loan) 12 (0)
2004–2011 Werder Bremen 144 (3)
2011– Red Bull Salzburg 5 (0)
National team‡
Finland U-21 6 (0)
2000– Finland 68 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Petri Pasanen (born 24 September 1980 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. He is a defender, who is most comfortable in central defense, but can play right back and left back as well.

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[edit] Club career

Pasanen became a regular for Lahti during the club's promotion season in 1998. During the next two seasons he made 42 appearances for the club in Finland's Veikkausliiga.

Many of Europe's top clubs had become interested in the promising Pasanen, and in the summer of 2000 he joined Dutch club Ajax. He became a regular in the Ajax defense in his first season, but his progress was halted when he broke his foot in August 2001, and had to miss most of the 2001–02 season. Next season he was a regular again as Ajax reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

He fell out of favour at Ajax in 2003–04, and spent the second half of the season on loan at English club Portsmouth in the Premier League. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp was interested in purchasing Pasanen at the end of the season, but claimed Ajax's asking price was too high.

Pasanen was then signed by reigning German champions Werder Bremen in the summer of 2004. He has since become a key player for the club, helping them to a top three finish in the Bundesliga and the second round of the Champions League in each of his first two seasons at the club. After the end of his contract on 30 June 2011 he left Werder Bremen[1], and signed for Red Bull Salzburg.

[edit] International career

Pasanen is also a regular for the Finland national team. He made his international debut on 15 November 2000 against the Republic of Ireland. Pasanen has mostly played at right back for Finland, and has also served as the national team's captain, when Sami Hyypiä and Jari Litmanen have not played.

Pasanen has also played in Finland national futsal team, where he has six caps and two goals.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] International

As of 29 February 2012[2]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2000 1 0
2001 5 0
2002 5 1
2003 6 0
2004 8 0
2005 3 0
2006 7 0
2007 10 0
2008 3 0
2009 9 0
2010 5 0
2011 5 0
2012 1 0
Total 68 1

[edit] International goals

Finland's score given first. As of 19 August 2011.[2]

[edit] Honours

Ajax

Werder Bremen

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pasanen verlässt Werder Bremen" (in German). sueddeutsche.de. 23 March 2011. http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/1130845. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Pasanen Petri" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/pasanen_petri/. Retrieved 17 September 2011. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sami Hyypiä		 Finland football captain
2011		 Succeeded by
Niklas Moisander
FC Red Bull Salzburg – current squad
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