Julius Tauriainen

Julius Tauriainen
Tauriainen in 2022
Personal information
Full name Julius Mikael Tauriainen[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-18) 18 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lahti
Number 16
Youth career
–2015 FC Wild
2016–2019 HJK
2019–2020 → SC Freiburg (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Klubi 04 38 (9)
2019–2020 HJK 0 (0)
2020–2022 SC Freiburg II 39 (2)
2022 Miedź Legnica II 5 (0)
2023– Lahti 36 (2)
International career
2016–2017 Finland U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U17 6 (0)
2019 Finland U18 4 (1)
2019 Finland U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2024

Julius Mikael Tauriainen (born 18 April 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2][3]

Early life

Tauriainen grew up in Veikkola, Kirkkonummi and started playing football in the local club FC WILD, before joining the HJK organisation.[4]

Club career

Klubi 04

On 18 February 2018 it was reported that HJK had signed a 2+1 year contract with its own protégé Julius Tauriainen.[5]

SC Freiburg II

Following a successful loan stint with SC Freiburg youth academy, it was announced on 2 July 2020 that HJK had accepted an offer from SC Freiburg for a permanent transfer of Tauriainen, for an undisclosed fee.[6] He was registered to the club's reserve team SC Freiburg II. After the season, the club gained promotion to 3. Liga.

Miedź Legnica II

Miedź Legnica announced on 15 September 2022 that Tauriainen had joined the club and that he would represent Miedź Legnica II.[7] He departed the club after a few months.

FC Lahti

On 6 February 2023, Tauriainen returned to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga side FC Lahti on a two-year deal.[8] On 24 July 2024, it was announced that Tauriainen is sidelined for indefinite period of time due to surgery-requiring knee injury.[9]

International career

He has represented Finland at international youth levels and was in the starting eleven in 8 out of 10 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[10]

Personal life

Tauriainen belongs to a football family. His grandfather Veikko Tauriainen played football in many clubs in Finland, his father is a former Finland international footballer Pasi Tauriainen, and his uncles Vesa Tauriainen and Kimmo Tauriainen are both former professional footballers. He is the older brother of Chelsea forward Jimi Tauriainen.[11]

Career statistics

As of 26 July 2024[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2018 Ykkönen 26 2 3 0 – – 29 2
2019 Kakkonen 12 7 – – – 12 7
Total 38 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 41 9
HJK 2019 Veikkausliiga 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
SC Freiburg II 2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 11 1 – – – 11 1
2021–22 3. Liga 28 1 – – – 28 1
Total 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Miedź Legnica II 2022–23 III liga 5 0 – – – 5 0
Lahti 2023 Veikkausliiga 21 1 1 0 – 2[b] 0 24 1
2024 Veikkausliiga 15 1 2 1 – 4[b] 0 21 3
Total 36 2 3 1 0 0 6 0 44 3
Career total 118 14 8 1 0 0 5 0 132 14

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Finnish League Cup

Honours

SC Freiburg II

References

  1. ^ a b c Julius Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Julius Tauriainen vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ Julius Tauriainen vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta, fclahti.fi, 6 February 2023
  5. ^ "HJK sopimukseen maajoukkuekonkarin pojan, 16, kanssa – "Tavoite menestyä paremmin kuin isä"" [HJK to an agreement with a son of a national team champion, 16 - "I aim to succeed better than father"] (in Finnish). Vantaan Sanomat. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Julius Tauriainen siirtyy SC Freiburgiin" [Julius Tauriainen moves to SC Freiburg] (in Finnish). HJK. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Julius Tauriainen wzmacnia Miedź II" [Julius Tauriainen strengthens Miedź II] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  8. ^ Julius Tauriainen päätyi monen mutkan kautta FC Lahteen - "Pelaan nyt niin hyvin kuin pystyn", Veikkausliiga, 1 June 2023
  9. ^ Julius Tauriaisen kausi on ohi, fclahti, 24 July 2024
  10. ^ "Pikkuhuuhkajien luottopelaaja vaihtaa seuraa – varusmiespalvelus alkaa syksyllä" [Key player of Little Eagle Owls changes club - his military service starts in the fall] (in Finnish). SuomiFutis. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ^ Julius Tauriainen – Jalkapallosuvun soihdunkantaja, fclahti.fi, 1 June 2023
  12. ^ Julius Tauriainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  13. ^ Julius Tauriainen at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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