Jani Virtanen

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Jani Virtanen
Personal information
Date of birth	May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06) (age 20)
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Udinese Calcio
Number	40
Youth clubs
	TPS
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2006 2007	TPS Udinese	15 (1) 1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jani Virtanen (born May 6, 1988, Turku, Finland) is a professional Finnish footballer. He is currently playing for Udinese Calcio in the Italian Serie A. His playing position is striker.

Virtanen played with Turun Palloseura in Finnish Veikkausliiga 2004–2006. He transferred to Udinese in summer 2006.

December 23, 2006 Virtanen became the fifth finnish player ever to play in Serie A, when he was substituted in for the last 3 minutes against AC Milan. Virtanen has also two finnish teammates at Udinese, Roman Eremenko and Jarkko Hurme.

[edit] External links

• Profile at Udinese team page (in italian)

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