Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career Born in Turku, Finland, Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese in the summer of 2006, at the age of 18, signing a five-year contract for a fee of €350,000. 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 also had two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento, then to 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.
Career statistics Jani Virtanen, Finnish FA + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTPS2004Veikkausliiga10–––102005Veikkausliiga10010––1102006Veikkausliiga41–––41Total151100000161Udinese2006–07Serie A1020––302007–08Serie A0000––00Total1020000030Sorrento (loan)2008–09Lega Pro Prima Divisione3021––51Khimki (loan)2009Russian Premier League30–––30TPS2010Veikkausliiga70201010100Åbo IFK2010Kakkonen41–––41JJK Jyväskylä2010Veikkausliiga110–––1102011Veikkausliiga29410–103142012Veikkausliiga2002130613122013Veikkausliiga28020–60360Total88451301311096RoPS2014Veikkausliiga180201041251Jaro2015Veikkausliiga26210–30302TPS2016Veikkausliiga25822––27102017Ykkönen21752––2692018Veikkausliiga13140––1712019Ykkönen8020––100Total671613400008020Career total232242865021228632
References
External links
Profile at RoPS