Jani Tapani Virtanen
Jani Tapani Virtanen (born 6 May 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ..., Finland, Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga between 2004 and 2006. He transferred to Udinese Calcio, Udinese in the summer of 2006, at the age of 18, signing a five-year contract. On 23 December 2006, Virtanen became the fifth Finnish player ever to play in Serie A when he was substituted in for the last three minutes against AC Milan. Virtanen also had two Finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme. In 2008, he was loaned to Sorrento Calcio, Sorrento, then to FC Khimki. In 2010, he played for FC TPS and their reserve team, Åbo IFK, before moving to JJ ...
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