Vili Savolainen (born 25 October 1985) is a Finnish

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player, who plays as defensive midfielder or a defender. Savolainen currently represents

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, ...

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. He started playing football for

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish Association football, football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. ...

when he was five years old and made his debut for the senior team, when he was 17 years old. He has also played for the Finland national team at different junior levels.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savolainen, Vili 1985 births Living people Footballers from Helsinki Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Veikkausliiga players Tampere United players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Men's association football defenders