Jani Viander
{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jani Viander
| image =
| fullname = Jani Viander
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tuusula, Finland
| height = {{convert|1.96|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| death_date =
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1991–1992 | clubs1 = TiPS Vantaa | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = K-UP Kerava | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1994–1995 | clubs3 = FinnPa | caps3 = 39 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1995 | clubs4 = Ilves | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1996 | clubs5 = FF Jaro | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1997 | clubs6 = FC Jazz | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1997–1998 | clubs7 = KV Kortrijk | caps7 = 30 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1998–2001 | clubs8 = HJK Helsinki | caps8 = 83 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2001–2002 | clubs9 = → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2002–2003 | clubs10 = Stoke City | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2003 | clubs11 = → FC Midtjylland (loan) | caps11 = 2 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2003 | clubs12 = Plymouth Argyle | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2004 | clubs13 = Brentford | caps13 = 0 | goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2004 | clubs14 = Ashdod | caps14 = 15 | goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2004 | clubs15 = Aris Limassol | caps15 = 7 | goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2005 | clubs16 = RoPS | caps16 = 26 | goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2006 | clubs17 = FF Jaro | caps17 = 21 | goals17 = 0
| years18 = 2007 | clubs18 = AC Oulu | caps18 = 26 | goals18 = 0
| years20 = 2008–2010 | clubs20 = Klubi 04 | caps20 = 1 | goals20 = 0
| years21 = 2008–2010 | clubs21 = HJK Helsinki | caps21 = 1 | goals21 = 0
| totalcaps = 305 | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2003| nationalteam1 = Finland| nationalcaps1 = 13| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Jani Viander (born 18 August 1975) is a Finnish former 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 at international level.
Playing career
Viander played 13 times for Finland national football team.{{cite web|url = http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/jani-viander-appointed-03.04.14-1464717.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093422/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/jani-viander-appointed-03.04.14-1464717.aspx|url-status = dead|archive-date = 7 April 2014|title = Jani viander joins academy staff|last = Wickham|first = Chris|website = www.brentfordfc.co.uk|access-date = 2016-03-18}} He used to play for clubs like HJK Helsinki, Bolton Wanderers and K.V. Kortrijk.{{cite web|url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20389|title = Jani Viander {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Age 40 {{!}} 1994–2004 {{!}} Soccer Base|website = www.soccerbase.com|access-date = 2016-03-18}} At Bolton his only appearance came in the FA Cup against Stockport County.{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/1760149.stm
|title=Bolton see off Stockport
|publisher=BBC
|date=16 January 2002 |access-date=4 June 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url = http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/viander.htm|title = Flown From the Nest - Jani Viander|website = www.ex-canaries.co.uk|access-date = 2016-03-18}}
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 FF Jaro.{{cite web|url = https://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=103800|title = Jani Viander :: Jani Viander ::|website = www.footballzz.com|access-date = 2016-03-18}} He played against Kaiserslautern with HJK in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1998.{{cite web|url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/55783--kaiserslautern-vs-hjk/|title = UEFA Champions League 1998/99 - History - Kaiserslautern-HJK – UEFA.com|last = uefa.com|website = UEFA|access-date = 2016-03-18}}
Coaching career
Viander began his coaching career in 2010, after being named HJK Helsinki's club's full-time goalkeeping coach.{{cite web|url = http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jani-viander/|title = Jani Viander|website = worldfootball.net|language = en-GB|access-date = 2016-03-18}} 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. In April 2013, Viander returned to Brentford, to take up the role of Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach.
Personal life
Viander married British-born model Laura Duncan in June 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.allsaintshertford.org/2008/jun08dry.pdf|title=Parish Diary for June 2008|website=allsaintshertford.org}}
Career statistics
=Club=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| K-UP Kerava
|1993 |20 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=2|FinnPa
|1994 |25 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1995
|Veikkausliiga |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| Ilves
|1995 |Veikkausliiga |6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| FF Jaro
|1996 |Veikkausliiga |27 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| FC Jazz
|1997 |Veikkausliiga |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| KV Kortrijk
|1997–98 |30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| rowspan=4|HJK Helsinki
|1998 |Veikkausliiga |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1999
|Veikkausliiga |27 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2000
|Veikkausliiga |32 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2001
|Veikkausliiga |16 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers (loan)
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan=2|Stoke City
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002–03
|First Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Midtjylland (loan)
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brentford
|Second Division |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ashdod
|15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Aris Limassol
|7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| RoPS
|2005 |Veikkausliiga |26 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| FF Jaro
|2006 |Veikkausliiga |21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||
| AC Oulu
|2007 |Veikkausliiga |26 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=2|Klubi 04
|2008 |Kakkonen |0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| HJK Helsinki
|2010 |Veikkausliiga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Total
!305 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 0 |
=International=
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=5|Finland
|1999 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 13 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080930191933/http://www.acoulu.fi/fi/joukkue/liigajoukkue/2007/maalivahdit/1-jani_viander.html Player profile on official club website] {{in lang|fi}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Viander, Jani}}
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