Pasi Tauriainen

Pasi Tauriainen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-10-04) 4 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Rovaniemi, Finland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1982	RoRe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	RoRe		(36)
1984–1989	RoPs	109	(31)
1987	→ K. Berchem Sport (loan)	10	(1)
1990–1995	HJK	121	(22)
1996	Ekenäs IF	5	(2)
Total		245+	(92)
International career
1984	Finland U21	9	(0)
1986–1993	Finland	33	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pasi Tauriainen (born 4 October 1964) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1][2] He is the father of current Chelsea midfielder Jimi Tauriainen, as well as current Miedź Legnica II midfielder Julius Tauriainen.

Career statistics

^[1]

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RoPS	1984	Mestaruussarja	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1985	Mestaruussarja	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1986	Mestaruussarja	22	11	1[a]	0	0	0	0	0	23	11
	1987	Mestaruussarja	15	5	0	0	4[b]	0	0	0	19	5
	1988	Mestaruussarja	6	1	0	0	2[b]	0	0	0	8	1
	1989	Mestaruussarja	22	8	0	0	4[c]	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		109	31	1	0	10	0	0	0	120	31
K. Berchem Sport (loan)	1987–88	Belgian Second Division	10	1	0	0	–		0	0	10	1
HJK	1990	Veikkausliiga	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3
	1991	Veikkausliiga	28	4	0	0	2[d]	0	0	0	30	4
	1992	Veikkausliiga	27	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	9
	1993	Veikkausliiga	6	2	0	0	2[e]	0	0	0	8	2
	1994	Veikkausliiga	24	4	0	0	2[f]	0	0	0	26	4
	1995	Veikkausliiga	10	0	0	0	3[g]	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		121	22	0	0	9	0	0	0	130	22
Ekenäs IF	1996	Kakkonen	5	2	0	0	–		0	0	5	2
Career total			245	56	1	0	19	0	0	0	265	56

Notes

1. Appearances in the Suomen Cup
2. Appearances in the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
3. Appearances in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in 1991–92 European Cup qualifying
5. Appearances in 1993–94 UEFA Champions League qualifying
6. One appearance in 1994–95 UEFA Champions League qualifying, two appearances in the competition proper
7. Appearances in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	1986	5	0
	1987	2	0
	1988	3	0
	1989	2	0
	1990	8	1[a]
	1991	3	0
	1992	5	0
	1993	5	1
Total		33	1

Notes

1. Tauriainen was reported to have also scored against Malta during qualifying for UEFA Euro 1992. However, UEFA has the goalscorer listed as Erik Holmgren.^[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Finland goal.

List of international goals scored by Tauriainen

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 May 1990	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	26 January 1993	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India	India	1–0	2–0

References

1. Pasi Tauriainen at National-Football-Teams.com
2. Pasi Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
3. "Malta 1-1 Finland". Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2020.