Hannu Tihinen
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Hannu Tihinen | |
| Date of birth | July 1, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Keminmaa, Finland | |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in) 84 kg (190 lb/13.2 st) |
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| Playing position | Central defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Zürich | |
| Number | 30 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1991-1992 | KePs | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-1996 1997-1999 2000-2002 2001 2002-2006 2006- |
KePs HJK Viking FK West Ham United (loan) Anderlecht FC Zürich |
77 (12) 65 (8) 71 (8) 8 (0) 101 (14) 59 (6) |
| National team | ||
| 1997-present | Finland | 54 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hannu Tihinen (born July 1, 1976 in Keminmaa) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League. He is a big and strong central defender.
Tihinen started his career with Kemin Palloseura in the lower divisions before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki for the 1997 season. He won both the Finnish championship and Finnish Cup once with HJK, and also earned UEFA Champions League experience with the club in the 1998-99 season. Tihinen then joined Norwegian club Viking FK in 2000. He spent two and a half seasons with Viking, while also having a brief loan spell at West Ham in the English Premiership. In 2002 Tihinen joined Belgian giants Anderlecht. He played in Belgium for four years, winning two Belgian championships. After Tihinen's contract with Anderlecht expired in the summer of 2006, he was snapped up by FC Zürich on a three-year deal. He was Captain of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team.
Tihinen made his debut for the Finnish national team on June 5, 1999 against Turkey. He has formed Finland's regular central defensive pairing with Sami Hyypiä for the most of 2000s.
[edit] Honours
- Finnish Championship: 1997
- Finnish Cup: 1998
- Norwegian Cup: 2001
- Belgian Championship: 2003-04, 2005-06
- Belgian Supercup: 2004
- Swiss Super LeagueChampionship: 2007
[edit] External links
- (Finnish) Profile at FA of Finland's official website
- (German) Profile at FC Zürich's official website
- (German) Hannu Tihinen Watchblog
- (Dutch) Voetbal International - Hannu Tihinen
- Hannu Tihinen : Fan Site
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