Jimi Tauriainen
Personal information
Full name Jimi Weikko Tauriainen[1]
Date of birth (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 49
Youth career
2009–2016 FC Wild
2016–2020 HJK
2020– Chelsea
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Finland U15 3 (2)
2019 Finland U16 6 (4)
2022 Finland U18 2 (1)
2022– Finland U19 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 December 2022

Jimi Weikko Tauriainen (born 9 March 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Premier League club Chelsea.

Club career

Born in Helsinki, Tauriainen began his footballing career with academy side FC Wild, a club his father had been involved in creating, at the age of five.[2][3] He joined professional outfit HJK in 2016, before trialling with Italian sides Juventus and Inter Milan, as well as English side Chelsea in 2020.[4][5]

In March 2020, shortly after his sixteenth birthday, HJK announced on their website that Tauriainen would join Chelsea in July of the same year, following his successful trial.[6] Initially a forward during his time in Finland, he was converted to a midfielder at Chelsea.[7]

He signed his first professional contract with The Blues on his seventeenth birthday, before extending this contract four months later, in July 2021.[8][9]

International career

Tauriainen has represented Finland from under-15 to under-19 level.[1]

Personal life

Tauriainen hails from a footballing family; his father, Pasi, was an international for Finland, while his brother, Julius, currently plays for Finnish side Lahti.[2] His uncles, Kimmo and Vesa, were also footballers.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 December 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U21 2022–23 ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Career total 000000001010
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jimi Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 "Suomalainen futislupaus solmi ammattilaissopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [The Finnish football star signed a professional contract with Chelsea]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Korvenkari, Mikko (29 April 2020). "RoPS-legenda Pasi Tauriainen hengittää yhä jalkapalloa – Juuri nyt silmäteränä ovat ammattilaiseksi siirtyvät omat pojat" [RoPS legend Pasi Tauriainen still breathes football – Right now, the focus is on his own sons who are turning professional]. lapinkansa.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2022. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Kinsella, Nizaar (10 March 2020). "Chelsea beat Juventus & Inter to sign 16-year-old Finland ace Tauriainen". goal.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Chatterjee, Sayan (10 March 2020). "Jimi Tauriainen poses with Frank Lampard in Chelsea shirt as Blues reportedly seal move for Finnish starlet". tribuna.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "HJK:n Jimi Tauriainen siirtyy Chelsean riveihin" [HJK's Jimi Tauriainen moves to Chelsea]. hjk-j.fi (in Finnish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jimi Tauriainen uudessa roolissa Chelseassa – "Koen, että vahvuuteni pääsevät esiin keskellä"" [Jimi Tauriainen in a new role at Chelsea - "I feel that my strengths come out in the middle"]. palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Tuominen, Mico (9 March 2021). "Virallista! Hyökkääjälupaus Jimi Tauriainen solmi ammattilaissopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [Official! Forward promise Jimi Tauriainen signed a professional contract with Chelsea]. valioliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Tuominen, Mico (7 July 2021). "Virallista! Hyökkääjälupaus Jimi Tauriainen, 17, allekirjoitti uuden sopimuksen Chelsean kanssa" [Official! Forward promise Jimi Tauriainen, 17, signed a new contract with Chelsea]. valioliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Jimi Tauriainen at Soccerway


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