Janne Saarinen

Janne Johannes Saarinen ( born February 28, 1977 in Espoo ) is a Finnish former football player. The defender and defensive midfielder who made ​​his debut in the Finnish national team in 2000, won two Norwegian league title in his entire playing career.

Career

Start your career in Finland

Saarinen began his professional career with HJK. On 3 October 1993 he made ​​his debut for the team from Helsinki at the match against local rivals FinnPa in the First Division. In the following years he was able to establish itself in the squad of the first division and won in 1996 with the club the Finnish Cup.

After the end of the season Saarinen moved to the Allsvenskan for IFK Göteborg. Here, however, he could not succeed due to an injury and returned to HJK. In his first professional station he acquired again a regular place and emphafl for the Finnish national team, for whom he made ​​his debut in a 3-1 victory over the Norwegian national team in Helsinki on August 16. In the same year he won the title again in Cup HJK.

Stations abroad

Saarinen then left again his homeland and Rosenborg BK joined in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. In the initial phase of the 2001 he came on as a substitute for use, but could win a regular place in mid-May. At the end of the season he had contributed in 22 stakes for winning the Norwegian league title and was League in the group stage against Juventus, Celtic FC and FC Porto have been active in the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions after victories against FK Inter Bratislava. The success in the Championship could be repeated in the following season and Saarinen ran into the duels with Ajax, Inter Milan and Olympique Lyon in the international arena on.

In the summer of 2003, the Bundesliga side TSV 1860 Munich Saarinen steered to the Isar and paid 600,000 euros for the services of the Finnish national player, who had also be an offer by the league rivals VfB Stuttgart. At first he was under coach Falko Götz for stem formation, but lost in the autumn after a muscle fiber and a groin injury his place in the starting eleven. After 17 Premier League matches in Germany he left after one season, the Bundesliga and changed for 200,000 euros to FC København in the Danish Superliga.

Saarinen's stay in Copenhagen was not marked by success, so he decided in 2006 to return to Finland. Here he played for FC Honka in his hometown of Espoo. In 2008 he moved abroad again and signed a contract valid until the end of 2009 when BK Hacken. With the club he managed at the end of the second division season 2008 promotion to the Allsvenskan. Mid-September 2009 announced Saarinen, that he returns to Finland. He signed a contract valid from January 2010 on his first professional station HJK. In April 2011, the 34 -year-old finally ended after only five league appearances for the capital club, his career as a player after he had led his career with clubs in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Denmark.