Teemu Tainio
Teemu Tainio, the Finnish midfielder, made 23 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 1 time, averaging 0.04 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2009-10, with 1 goal.
Teemu Mikael Tainio (born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish football coach and former player. Tainio began his career with his local club, TP-47 , before moving to FC Haka in 1996. A year later, he moved to France to play for Auxerre . After eight years there, he joined English club Tottenham Hotspur , where he spent three years before joining Sunderland . After a loan spell with Birmingham City during the 2009–10 season, he moved to Dutch club Ajax , before joining the New York Red Bulls in 2011. After two seasons in the United States, he returned to Finland to finish his career with HJK . He mostly played in a variety of midfield positions during his career, and also at right-back under Juande Ramos at Tottenham. — Wikipedia
- Position
- MF
- Nationality
- Finland
- Birthplace
- Tornio
- Born
- 27 Nov 1979
- Height
- 176 cm
He joined Sunderland on 23 July 2008 for an undisclosed fee, reported to be €3 million. He became their first summer signing and the first Finnish player ever for Sunderland. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He scored his first goal for Sunderland in a second round League Cup game at Norwich on 24 August 2009. [ 15 ] He left Sunderland on 31 August 2010, when the club terminated his contract by mutual consent. Tainio joined Birmingham City on 1 September 2009, on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. [ 16 ] Having recovered from a calf injury sustained on international duty, [ 17 ] he made his debut for the club on 13 September in a 1–0 home defeat in the Birmingham derby against Aston Villa , in which he produced a good performance in a less-familiar role at right-back. [ 18 ] — Wikipedia
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