Jani Viander

Jani Viander
Personal information
Full name Jani Viander
Date of birth (1975-08-18) 18 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Tuusula, Finland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 TiPS Vantaa
1992–1993 K-UP Kerava 20 (0)
1994–1995 FinnPa 39 (0)
1995 Ilves 6 (0)
1996 FF Jaro 27 (0)
1997 FC Jazz 2 (0)
1997–1998 KV Kortrijk 30 (0)
1998–2001 HJK Helsinki 83 (0)
2001–2002 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2003 Stoke City 0 (0)
2003 → FC Midtjylland (loan) 2 (0)
2003 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2004 Brentford 0 (0)
2004 Ashdod 15 (0)
2004 Aris Limassol 7 (0)
2005 RoPS 26 (0)
2006 FF Jaro 21 (0)
2007 AC Oulu 26 (0)
2008–2010 Klubi 04 1 (0)
2008–2010 HJK Helsinki 1 (0)
Total 305 (0)
International career
1999–2003 Finland 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jani Viander (born 18 August 1975) is a Finnish former football goalkeeper who currently works as the Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach at Premier League side Brentford. In a long career as a player, Viander played professionally in Finland, Belgium, England, Denmark, Israel and Cyprus. He won 13 caps for Finland at international level.

Playing career

Viander played 13 times for Finland national football team.[1] He used to play for clubs like HJK Helsinki, Bolton Wanderers and K.V. Kortrijk.[2] At Bolton his only appearance came in the FA Cup against Stockport County.[3] He also joined Stoke City for a season, in which he did not feature in a single match, apart from being named on the substitutes bench.[4]

He ended his long outland journey after returning to Finland to season 2005. He joined newly promoted RoPS, Rovaniemi, but he was not capable to keep them in Finnish Premier league. RoPS were relegated to first division and Viander left club to join FF Jaro.[5] He played against Kaiserslautern with HJK in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.[6]

Coaching career

Viander began his coaching career in 2010, after being named HJK Helsinki's club's full-time goalkeeping coach.[7] The following year he was awarded the Coach of the Year award by the Veikkausliiga. Viander was named goalkeeping coach for the Finland U21 side in 2011. In the summer of 2012, Viander returned to England to take up the position of academy goalkeeping coach at Premier League side Norwich City.[4] In April 2013, Viander returned to Brentford, to take up the role of Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach.[1]

Personal life

Viander married British-born model Laura Duncan in June 2008.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[9]

Club Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
K-UP Kerava 1993 Kakkonen 20 0 — 20 0
FinnPa 1994 Veikkausliiga 25 0 — 25 0
1995 Veikkausliiga 14 0 — 14 0
Ilves 1995 Veikkausliiga 6 0 — 6 0
FF Jaro 1996 Veikkausliiga 27 0 — 27 0
FC Jazz 1997 Veikkausliiga 2 0 — 2 0
KV Kortrijk 1997–98 Belgian Second Division 30 0 1 0 31 0
HJK Helsinki 1998 Veikkausliiga 8 0 — 8 0
1999 Veikkausliiga 27 0 — 27 0
2000 Veikkausliiga 32 0 — 32 0
2001 Veikkausliiga 16 0 — 16 0
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2001–02 First Division 0 0 1 0 1 0
Stoke City 2001–02 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC Midtjylland (loan) 2002–03 Danish Superliga 1 0 — 1 0
Plymouth Argyle 2003–04 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brentford 2003–04 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashdod 2003–04 Israeli Premier League 15 0 2 0 17 0
Aris Limassol 2004–05 Cypriot First Division 7 0 — 7 0
RoPS 2005 Veikkausliiga 26 0 — 26 0
FF Jaro 2006 Veikkausliiga 21 0 — 21 0
AC Oulu 2007 Veikkausliiga 26 0 — 26 0
Klubi 04 2008 Kakkonen 0 0 — 0 0
2009 Ykkönen 1 0 — 1 0
HJK Helsinki 2010 Veikkausliiga 1 0 — 1 0
Total 305 0 4 0 309 0

International

Source:[9]

National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 1999 4 0
2000 3 0
2001 3 0
2002 2 0
2003 1 0
Total 13 0

References

  1. ^ a b Wickham, Chris. "Jani viander joins academy staff". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Jani Viander | Football Stats | No Club | Age 40 | 1994–2004 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Bolton see off Stockport". BBC. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Flown From the Nest - Jani Viander". www.ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Jani Viander :: Jani Viander ::". www.footballzz.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. ^ uefa.com. "UEFA Champions League 1998/99 - History - Kaiserslautern-HJK – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Jani Viander". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Parish Diary for June 2008" (PDF). allsaintshertford.org.
  9. ^ a b Jani Viander at National-Football-Teams.com