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Jani Viander (born 18 August 1975) is a Finnish former football goalkeeper who currently works as the Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach at Championship side Brentford. In a long career as a player, Viander played professionally in Finland, Belgium, England, Denmark, Israel and Cyprus. He won 13 caps for Finland at international level.
Playing career
Viander played 13 times for Finland national football team. He used to play for clubs like HJK Helsinki, Bolton Wanderers and K.V. Kortrijk. At Bolton his only appearance came in the FA Cup against Stockport County. He also joined Stoke City for a season, in which he did not feature in a single match, apart from being named on the substitutes bench.
He ended his long outland journey after returning to Finland to season 2005. He joined newly promoted RoPS, Rovaniemi, but he was not capable to keep them in Finnish Premier league. RoPS were relegated to first division and Viander left club to join FF Jaro. He played against Kaiserslautern when HJK was in the UEFA Champions League in 1998.
Coaching career
Viander began his coaching career in 2010, after being named HJK Helsinki's club's full-time goalkeeping coach. The following year he was awarded the Coach Of The Year award by the Veikkausliiga. Viander was named goalkeeping coach for the Finland U21 side in 2011. In the summer of 2012, Viander returned to England to take up the position of academy goalkeeping coach at Premier League side Norwich City. In April 2013, Viander returned to Brentford, to take up the role of Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach.
Personal life
Viander married British-born model Laura Duncan in June 2008.
Career Statistics
Club
Source:
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| K-UP Kerava | 1993 | Kakkonen | 20 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| FinnPa | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Ilves | 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| FF Jaro | 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| FC Jazz | 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| KV Kortrijk | 1997–98 | Belgian Second Division | 30 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
| HJK Helsinki | 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2001–02 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stoke City | 2001–02 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Midtjylland (loan) | 2002–03 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2003–04 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brentford | 2003–04 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashdod | 2003–04 | Israeli Premier League | 15 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Aris Limassol | 2004–05 | Cypriot First Division | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| RoPS | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| FF Jaro | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| AC Oulu | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| Klubi 04 | 2008 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 305 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 306 | 0 | ||
International
Source:
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |