Jani Tapani Virtanen

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

Jani Virtanen

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
Team information
Current team	RoPS
Number	8
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)
2010–2013	JJK	86	(5)
2014–	RoPS	20	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2014

Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988, Turku, Finland) is a professional Finnish footballer currently playing for RoPS.

Career

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

• Profile at RoPS Template:Fi icon