Juska Savolainen

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.

Juska Savolainen
Personal information
Full name Juska Samuli Savolainen
Date of birth (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 – 2003 SC Heerenveen 0 (0)
2003 FC KooTeePee 15 (0)
2004 FC Hämeenlinna 26 (0)
2005 AC Allianssi 23 (4)
2006 – 2007 Tampere United 49 (4)
2008 – 2009 Rosenborg BK 7 (0)
2009 → Tampere United (loan) 15 (1)
2010 – 2011 FK Haugesund 14 (0)
National team‡
2010 Finland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2011

Career

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
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2008 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 200020
2009 Tippeligaen 500050
2010 Haugesund Tippeligaen 14040180
2011 Tippeligaen 000000
Career Total 21040250

International career

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.[1] On 25 May 2010 he had his second and last match for the national team against Estonia.

Honours

Club
Tampere United
Rosenborg BK
  • Norwegian Premier League Championship: 2009[2]
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References
  1. "Archived copy" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Mestvinnende" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 October 2009.


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