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Jani Viander

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Jani Viander
Viander in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-18) 18 August 1975 (age 51)
Place of birth Tuusula, Finland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 TiPS Vantaa
1992–1993 K-UP Kerava 20 (0)
1994–1995 FinnPa 39 (0)
1995 Ilves 6 (0)
1996 Jaro 27 (0)
1997 Jazz 2 (0)
1997–1998 KV Kortrijk 30 (0)
1998–2001 HJK Helsinki 83 (0)
2001–2002 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2003 Stoke City 0 (0)
2003 → Midtjylland (loan) 2 (0)
2003 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2004 Brentford 0 (0)
2004 Ashdod 15 (0)
2004 Aris Limassol 7 (0)
2005 RoPS 26 (0)
2006 Jaro 21 (0)
2007 AC Oulu 26 (0)
2008–2010 Klubi 04 1 (0)
2008–2010 HJK Helsinki 1 (0)
Total 305 (0)
International career
1999–2003 Finland 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jani Viander (born 18 August 1975) is a Finnish former professional football goalkeeper who currently works as the Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach at Premier League side Brentford. In a long career as a player, Viander played professionally in Finland, Belgium, England, Denmark, Israel, and Cyprus. He won 13 caps for Finland national team at international level.

Playing career

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Viander played 13 times for Finland national team.[1] He used to play for clubs like HJK Helsinki, Bolton Wanderers and K.V. Kortrijk.[2] With Bolton, his only appearance came in the FA Cup against Stockport County.[3] He also joined Stoke City for a season, in which he did not feature in a single match, apart from being named on the substitutes bench.[4]

He ended his long outland journey after returning to Finland to season 2005. He joined newly promoted RoPS, Rovaniemi, but he was not capable to keep them in Finnish Premier league. RoPS were relegated to first division and Viander left club to join Jaro.[citation needed] He played against 1. FC Kaiserslautern with HJK in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.[5]

Coaching career

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Viander began his coaching career in 2010, after being named HJK Helsinki's club's full-time goalkeeping coach.[6] The following year, he was awarded the Coach of the Year award by the Veikkausliiga. Viander was named goalkeeping coach for the Finland U21 side in 2011. In the summer of 2012, Viander returned to England to take up the position of academy goalkeeping coach at Premier League side Norwich City.[4] In April 2013, Viander returned to Brentford, to take up the role of Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach.[1]

Personal life

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Viander married British-born model Laura Duncan in June 2008.[7]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
K-UP Kerava 1993 Kakkonen 200—200
FinnPa 1994 Veikkausliiga 250—250
1995 Veikkausliiga 140—140
Ilves 1995 Veikkausliiga 60—60
Jaro 1996 Veikkausliiga 270—270
Jazz 1997 Veikkausliiga 20—20
KV Kortrijk 1997–98 Belgian Second Division 30010310
HJK 1998 Veikkausliiga 80—80
1999 Veikkausliiga 270—270
2000 Veikkausliiga 320—320
2001 Veikkausliiga 160—160
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2001–02 First Division 001010
Stoke City 2001–02 Second Division 000000
2002–03 First Division 000000
Midtjylland (loan) 2002–03 Danish Superliga 10—10
Plymouth Argyle 2003–04 Second Division 000000
Brentford 2003–04 Second Division 000000
Ashdod 2003–04 Israeli Premier League 15020170
Aris Limassol 2004–05 Cypriot First Division 70—70
RoPS 2005 Veikkausliiga 260—260
Jaro 2006 Veikkausliiga 210—210
AC Oulu 2007 Veikkausliiga 260—260
Klubi 04 2008 Kakkonen 00—00
2009 Ykkönen 10—10
HJK 2010 Veikkausliiga 10—10
Career total 3050403090

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 199940
200030
200130
200220
200310
Total130

Honours

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Stoke City

References

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  1. 1 2 Wickham, Chris. "Jani viander joins academy staff". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jani Viander | Football Stats | No Club | Age 40 | 1994–2004 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bolton see off Stockport". BBC. 16 January 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Flown From the Nest - Jani Viander". www.ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. ↑ uefa.com. "UEFA Champions League 1998/99 - History - Kaiserslautern-HJK – UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jani Viander". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Parish Diary for June 2008" (PDF). allsaintshertford.org.
  8. 1 2 Jani Viander at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ↑ "Starting Lineups - Brentford vs Stoke City 11.05.2002". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
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