Vesa Tauriainen (born 16 December 1967) is a Finnish former international

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and a football manager.

Coaching career

In September 2020, Tauriainen's contract with

RoPs Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

was terminated, and he was replaced as head coach by

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Personal life

He is the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen and

Kimmo Tauriainen 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 ...

, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tauriainen, Vesa 1967 births Living people Footballers from Rovaniemi Finnish men's footballers Finnish football managers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Rovaniemen Palloseura players FC Oulu players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FF Jaro players FC Santa Claus players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Rovaniemen Palloseura managers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen

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