Hannu Patronen

Hannu Patronen
Personal information
Full name	Hannu Jarl Johannes Patronen
Date of birth	23 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Järvenpää, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	Sogndal
Number	4
Youth career
	FC Honka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2008	FC Honka
2008–2011	Helsingborgs IF
2012–	Sogndal
International career
2011–	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2016

Hannu Patronen (born 23 May 1984 in Järvenpää) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a central defender for Norwegian side Sogndal Fotball. He has previously played as a defensive midfielder, and spent time with the Finnish side FC Honka and the Swedish side Helsingborgs IF. Patronen has been capped at international level for Finland.

Career

He made 47 caps for his Finnish club side FC Honka before agreeing on a move to Allsvenskan outfit Helsingborgs IF on 12 July 2008. Patronen signed a 3,5 years long contract with the Swedes. Patronen made his debut with Helsingborg on 15 July 2008 at home against AIK and played for 90 minutes, when his new club won 2–1.

After playing 44 matches and scoring two goals in Allsvenskan with Helsingborg, Patronen was signed on a two-year contract by the Norwegian Tippeligaen side Sogndal ahead of the 2012 season as the replacement for Even Hovland, who had transferred to the reigning Tippeligaen champions Molde.^[1] Patronen soon became an integral part of Sogndal's central defence, and he played 54 matches and scored two goals in Tippeligaen during his two first seasons with the club. After his two-year contract expired he signed a one-year extension with Sogndal, which kept him to the club to the end of the 2014 season.^[2]

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2008	Helsingborg	Allsvenskan	15	1	0	0	15	1
2009			12	0	0	0	12	0
2010			11	0	0	0	11	0
2011			6	1	0	0	6	1
2012	Sogndal	Tippeligaen	28	2	0	0	28	2
2013			24	1	2	0	26	1
2014			22	0	2	0	24	0
2015		OBOS-ligaen	25	4	0	0	25	4
2016		Tippeligaen	22	1	1	0	23	1
Career Total			165	10	5	0	170	10

References

^ Dyregrov, Silje (24 January 2012). "Sogndal signerte Hovland-erstatter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Løset, Oddleif (2 December 2013). "Forsvarsklippe forlengar med Sogndal". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.

External links

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Hannu Patronen at National-Football-Teams.com
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[1] Dyregrov, Silje (24 January 2012). "Sogndal signerte Hovland-erstatter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[2] Løset, Oddleif (2 December 2013). "Forsvarsklippe forlengar med Sogndal". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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