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Jani Viander
Finnish footballer

Jani Viander

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Finnish footballer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Tuusula, Finland
Age
49 years
Stats
Height:
193 cm
Weight:
89 kg
Sports Teams
FF Jaro
Aris Limassol F.C.
K.V. Kortrijk
Brentford F.C.
RoPS
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
FC Jazz
Ilves
FC Midtjylland
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
F.C. Ashdod
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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:

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
K-UP Kerava1993Kakkonen200200
FinnPa1994Veikkausliiga250250
1995Veikkausliiga140140
Ilves1995Veikkausliiga6060
FF Jaro1996Veikkausliiga270270
FC Jazz1997Veikkausliiga2020
KV Kortrijk1997–98Belgian Second Division300300
HJK Helsinki1998Veikkausliiga8080
1999Veikkausliiga270270
2000Veikkausliiga320320
2001Veikkausliiga160160
Bolton Wanderers (loan)2001–02First Division001010
Stoke City2001–02Second Division000000
2002–03First Division000000
FC Midtjylland (loan)2002–03Danish Superliga1010
Plymouth Argyle2003–04Second Division000000
Brentford2003–04Second Division000000
Ashdod2003–04Israeli Premier League150150
Aris Limassol2004–05Cypriot First Division7070
RoPS2005Veikkausliiga260260
FF Jaro2006Veikkausliiga210210
AC Oulu2007Veikkausliiga260260
Klubi 042008Kakkonen0000
2009Ykkönen1010
HJK Helsinki2010Veikkausliiga1010
Total3050103060

International

Source:

National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland199940
200030
200130
200220
200310
Total130
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