Kimmo Tauriainen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 22 January 2025 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1989 | RoPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | RoPS | 21 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Kontu | 75 | (11) |
| 1996 | KePS | 21 | (2) |
| 1997 | GBK | 5 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Atlantis | 103 | (16) |
| 2002 | Start | 23 | (4) |
| 2003 | Jokerit | 22 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | MyPa | 15 | (3) |
| 2006 | Atlantis | 24 | (9) |
| Total | 309 | (45) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Finland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kimmo Tauriainen (16 March 1972 – 22 January 2025) was a Finnish footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Tauriainen played for Rovaniemen Palloseura, Kemin Palloseura, Kontu, Jokerit, MyPa and Atlantis in Finland. He also played one season for IK Start in Norwegian top tier Tippeligaen. Tauriainen won the Finnish championship title in 2005 with MyPa. He also won the Finnish Cup with Atlantis in 2001 and with MyPa in 2004.
Tauriainen returned to Atlantis from MyPa in 2006. He had to end his professional career due to knee injury after the 2006 season, in the second tier Ykkönen. During his career, Tauriainen made 88 appearances in Finnish top tier Veikkausliiga, scoring seven goals.[2]
International career
Tauriainen represented Finland at the under-21 international level. He also played two games for the Finland national futsal team.[3]
Personal life and death
Tauriainen was the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen and Vesa Tauriainen, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.[4]
Later he worked as a sales person in Duosport. He married in summer 2009.
Tauriainen was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2023. He died on 22 January 2025, at the age of 52.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPS | 1989 | Mestaruussarja | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1990 | Veikkausliiga | |||||||||
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Kontu | 1993 | Ykkönen | – | |||||||
| 1994 | Ykkönen | – | ||||||||
| 1995 | Ykkönen | – | ||||||||
| Total | 75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 11 | ||
| KePS | 1996 | Ykkönen | 21 | 2 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||
| GBK Kokkola | 1997 | Ykkönen | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Atlantis | 1998 | Ykkönen | – | – | ||||||
| 1999 | Ykkönen | – | – | |||||||
| 2000 | Ykkönen | – | – | |||||||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 4 | ||
| Total | 103 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 16 | ||
| Start | 2002 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 4 | – | – | 23 | 4 | ||
| Jokerit | 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| MYPA | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Atlantis | 2006 | Ykkönen | 24 | 9 | – | – | 24 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 309 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 317 | 45 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Cup
Honours
MYPA[2]
Atlantis
- Finnish Cup: 2001
References
- ^ a b Kimmo Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Jalkapallon Suomen mestari Kimmo Tauriainen on kuollut, Yle, 22 January 2025
- ^ a b Kimmo Tauriainen on kuollut, Ilta-Sanomat, 22 January 2025
- ^ "Suomalainen futislupaus solmi ammattilaissopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [The Finnish football star signed a professional contract with Chelsea]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 9 March 2021.
- ^ ref
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