Jani Tanska

Jani Tanska
Tanska with Ilves in 2017.
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-07-29) 29 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Anjalankoski, Finland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
–2004 MyPa
2004–2007 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 MyPa 3 (0)
2006 → FK Lyn (loan)
2007 → PP-70 (loan) 11 (0)
2008 KTP 23 (1)
2009 FF Jaro 20 (1)
2010–2011 VPS 37 (0)
2012–2013 TPS 64 (4)
2014–2015 FC Lahti 31 (3)
2015 Assyriska FF 6 (0)
2015–2016 FC Lahti 36 (3)
2017–2018 FC Ilves 48 (2)
2019 FC Lahti 22 (1)
International career
–2010 Finland U21 9 (0)
2013 Finland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jani Tanska (born 29 July 1988) is a retired Finnish professional footballer who played as a central defender. He was a product of MyPa youth academy and later spent three years with Charlton Athletic in 2004–2007.

Career

Club career

Tanska made his Veikkausliiga debut with MyPa in 2004. He joined Norwegian side FC Lyn Oslo on loan for the 2006 season. Between 2008 and 2013, he played in Finland with KooTeePee, Jaro, VPS and TPS.

After a year with FC Lahti, Tanska was transferred to the Swedish club Assyriska FF in 2015, but ended up playing only six games there before his contract was terminated for financial reasons.[1] He then returned to Lahti and played there until the end of the 2016 Veikkausliiga season, after which he moved to Ilves.

Tanska rejoined FC Lahti for the 2019 season. The deal was announced already on 30 October 2018.[2] Due to health reasons that had plagued him the last two seasons, 31-year-old Tanska announced his retirement in November 2019, despite having one year left of his contract.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jani Tanska loppukaudeksi FC Lahteen". veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). 31 August 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ Jani Tanska palaa Lahteen, fclahti.fi, 30 October 2018
  3. ^ FC Lahden puolustaja Jani Tanska lopettaa, ess.fi, 12 November 2019


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