Teemu Tainio
Teemu Mikael Tainio (born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Tallinna Kalev and an assistant coach of the Finland national football team.
.jpg) Tainio playing for the New York Red Bulls in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teemu Mikael Tainio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1979
(aged 46)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Tornio, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder[4] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tallinna Kalev (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | TP-47 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Haka | 46 | (14) |
| 1997–2005 | Auxerre | 150 | (14) |
| 2005–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 61 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Sunderland | 21 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Ajax | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | New York Red Bulls | 42 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | HJK | 36 | (3) |
| Total | 364 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2014 | Finland | 64 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017 | Klubi 04 (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Haka (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2023 | Haka | ||
| 2023–2024 | AEL Limassol (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Tallinna Kalev (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Finland (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Tallinna Kalev | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Haka | 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 10 | |||
| Total | 46 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 14 | ||
| Auxerre | 1997–98 | Division 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | Division 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 1999–00 | Division 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2000–01 | Division 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2001–02 | Division 1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[e] | 1 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2003–04 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5[f] | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2004–05 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| Total | 150 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 204 | 18 | ||
| Auxerre B | 1997–98 | CFA | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| 1998–99 | CFA | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2005–06 | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[g] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 3 | ||
| Sunderland | 2008–09 | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2009–10 | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Ajax | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[h] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Red Bulls | 2011 | MLS | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[i] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| 2012 | MLS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[i] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| HJK | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[j] | 0 | 1[h] | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1[j] | 0 | 9[k] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| Total | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 383 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 492 | 44 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, KNVB Beker and Suomen Cup
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Includes UEFA Cup
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ↑ Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ↑ Includes seven appearances in UEFA Champions League and four appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Includes four appearances in Coupe de la Ligue and one appearance in Trophée des Champions
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Includes EFL League Cup
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Includes UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Includes MLS Cup Playoffs
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Includes Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Includes four appearances in UEFA Champions League and five appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 6 | |
- Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tainio goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 September 2001 | Tirana, Albania |  Albania |
2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2 | 6 September 2003 | Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan |
2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 3 | 11 October 2003 | Tampere, Finland |  Canada |
3–2 | Friendly | |
| 4 | 16 November 2003 | Houston, United States |  Honduras |
2–1 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 13 October 2004 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands |
1–3 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 6 | 22 August 2007 | Tampere, Finland |  Kazakhstan |
2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
Managerial
- As of 10 March 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | ||||
| FC Haka | 
|
1 January 2019 | 31 October 2023 | 165 | 75 | 38 | 52 | 268 | 225 | +43 | 45.5 |
| Total | 165 | 75 | 38 | 52 | 268 | 225 | +43 | ||||
Honours
As a player
FC Haka[8]
Auxerre
- Coupe de France: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2003
Tottenham Hotspur
Ajax
HJK
- Veikkausliiga: 2013, 2014
- Finnish Cup: 2014
As a manager
FC Haka
Teemu Tainio Media
Tainio playing for Birmingham City in 2009
Tainio playing for Finland in 2009
References
- ↑ "WK 2006 Kwalificatie" [2006 World Cup Qualification] (in Nederlands). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Teemu Tainio: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Teemu Tainio: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Teemu Tainio". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ Teemu Tainio, worldfootball
- ↑ Teemu Tainio, Finnish FA
- ↑ Teemu Tainio at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ t tainio[dead link]
- ↑ Stevenson, Jonathan (24 February 2008). Tottenham 2–1 Chelsea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7256729.stm. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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