Magnus Bahne (born 15 March 1979) is a Finnish former professional

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er who played as a

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Club career

Bahne was born in

Kaarina Kaarina (; , i.e. "Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately , while the Turku sub-regi ...

. He started his career in

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

and at the age 20 he became the number one goalkeeper of the team. In 2007, he signed with

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

in the Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

. He was on trial at Charlton in 2001,

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in 2005 and

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start) is a Norwegian Association football, football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the Norwegian First Division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was ...

in 2006. When transferring in 2007 to Halmstads BK he immediately took the position as number one goalkeeper and one of the best goalkeepers in the league. During the 2007 season, he injured himself against

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

(3–1 loss) in August. It was later revealed that he had torn his ACL and would not be able to play until after

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. Even though he missed a large part of the 2007 season due to the injury he was voted goalkeeper of the year (best in Sweden) in the annual Fotbollsgala 2007. He made a successful comeback from the injury in the summer of 2008, playing 19 matches and gaining back the position has number one in Halmstad. In 2009, he played 27 matches in Allsvenskan. On 1 September 2009, Bahne announced that he would not sign a new contract with Halmstads BK and that he would leave the club after the season, stating that he wanted to try to play in a bigger league. On 30 January 2010,

Assyriska FF Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently play ...

confirmed that they have signed Bahne. After only one season with Assyriska, Bahne signed a one-year contract with his former club Inter Turku on 8 November 2010.

International career

Bahne was one of the candidates to take the place has number one goalkeeper in the Finland national team, after

Jussi Jääskeläinen Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen (; born 19 April 1975) is a Finnish professional football coach and a former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is currently working as a goalkeeping c ...

announced about his retirement from the national team and concentrating fully on

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. Bahne made two appearances for the senior national team and also played seven games for the Under-21 team.

Personal life

Magnus has a brother by the name Martin Bahne who is, in Finland, a well-known actor, who in 2007 played the main role in the movie Raja 1918 (English: The border 1918).

Honours

Individual *

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 ...

Player of the Month: April 2012Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja

References

External links

Svenskafans.com
(Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahne, Magnus Living people 1979 births Sportspeople from Kaarina Footballers from Southwest Finland Finnish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Finland men's international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Veikkausliiga players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Halmstads BK players FC Inter Turku players Assyriska FF players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden