Janne Salli (born 14 December 1977) is a Finnish retired footballer. Salli captained the Finnish Under-21 team while playing for

FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. ...

. Salli then moved to

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in the English leagues, but suffered a knee injury against

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which he could not recover from, and the English papers of the time reported he had retired at the age of 24.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''As of match played 4 September 1999. Finland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Salli goal.''

Honours

Haka *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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: 2005

References

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Injury-hit Salli returns

Janne Salli kerännyt kehuja Englannissa

Janne Salli tyytyväinen alkuunsa Barnsleyssa

Janne Salli pysyy Barnsleyn avauksessa

Janne Salli saapui Barnsleyyn

Janne Salli palasi Barnsley’n harjoituksiin

Janne Salli palaa maajoukkuepaitaan

Salli forced to retire

Nivunen vaivaa Janne Sallia

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