Juska Samuli Savolainen (born 1 September 1983) is a Finnish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He ended his career due to persisting injuries in 2011.

Career

Savolainen represented

Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. In the 2025 season, the club plays in Ykkönen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, ...

until January 2008. He moved to United for the season 2006 from

AC Allianssi AC Vantaan Allianssi (or AC Allianssi) was a Finnish football club, based in the town of Vantaa. History Allianssi were a club in decline, following an 8–0 defeat at fellow Finnish club FC Haka. The match was believed to have been fixed by a B ...

. He has also represented

FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala. The team was formed in 1991. Club's history Initial years FC Hämeenlinna was founded in a ...

and

FC KooTeePee FC KooTeePee was a Finnish football club. History Originally, FC KooTeePee was founded as a reserve team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP, founded 1927). In the year 2000, it became an independent club. At that time, Kotkan Työväen Pal ...

in the Finnish Premier Division. In January 2008, Savolainen moved to the Norwegian club

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien (football), Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles ...

. In 2009, he was loaned out to his former club Tampere United from 17 March until 31 July. In 2009, he signed for

FK Haugesund Fotballklubben Haugesund (), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional association football, football club from the city of Haugesund that plays in the top tier of the Norwegian football league system. FK Haugesund previousl ...

Career statistics

International career

On 18 January 2010 Savolainen made his first appearance for

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. Savolainen was at starting line-up in friendly match against

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. On 25 May 2010 he had his second and last match for the national team against Estonia.

Honours

Club

;

* Veikkausliiga Championship:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

;

* Norwegian Premier League Championship:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Finland men's international footballers Footballers from Helsinki SC Heerenveen players FC Hämeenlinna players Tampere United players Rosenborg BK players FK Haugesund players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Veikkausliiga players Eliteserien players 1983 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian Third Division players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Käpylän Pallo players {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub