Pasi Tauriainen

Pasi Tauriainen
Personal information
Date of birth	4 October 1964 (age 59)
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
1982–1983	RoRe
1984–1989	RoPs
1987	→ K. Berchem Sport (loan)
1990–1995	HJK
1996	Ekenäs IF
Total
International career
1984	Finland U21
1986–1993	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career statistics[edit]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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		22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1986		22	11	1^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	23	11
	1987		15	5	0	0	4^[b]	0	0	0	19	5
	1988		6	1	0	0	2^[b]	0	0	0	8	1
	1989		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	Futisliiga	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3
	1991	Futisliiga	28	4	0	0	2^[d]	0	0	0	30	4
	1992	Veikkausliiga	27	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	9
	1993		6	2	0	0	2^[e]	0	0	0	8	2
	1994		24	4	0	0	2^[f]	0	0	0	26	4
	1995		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

^ Appearances in the Suomen Cup
^ ^a ^b Appearances in the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
^ Appearances in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup
^ Appearances in 1991–92 European Cup qualifying
^ Appearances in 1993–94 UEFA Champions League qualifying
^ One appearance in 1994–95 UEFA Champions League qualifying, two appearances in the competition proper
^ Appearances in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup

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

^ 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]

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	Friendly

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

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