Player Profiles
Name: Teemu Tainio (on loan from Sunderland)
Nationality: Finnish
Date of Birth: 27/11/1979
Height:5' 9" (175cm)
Weight:10st 3lbs (65.0kg)
Previous  
Clubs:Auxerre, Birmingham (loan), Tottenham
Position: Midfielder

Teemu Tainio

Finnish international midfielder Teemu Tainio joined Blues on a seeason long loan from Sunderland at the end of the 2009 summer transfer window.

Tainio who is capable of playing anywhere across the midfield, began his career at TP-47 and then FC Haka in Finland before moving to France in 1997 to join Auxerre.

He made 150 appearances for the French club, helping them into the Champions League in 2002 and lifting the French Cup in 2003.

He was also part of Auxerre's run to the quarter-finals of the 2004-05 UEFA Cup.

After a two year spell with the French side he was signed by Spurs in July 2005, where he made 25 appearances in his first Premier League campaign.

During his three years in North London, Tainio made 83 league and cup appearances before being snapped up by the Black Cats in July 2008.

Season 2009 - 10

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(as sub)
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Cards
Red
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League 5  (1) 0 0 0
 

Sunderland
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League Cup 1  (0) 1 0 0
 

Career History:
Club Season Comp. Apps
(as sub)
Goals
Sunderland 2008 - 09League 18  (3) 0
  FA Cup 0  (1) 0
Tottenham 2007 - 08League 6  (10) 0
  FA Cup 2  (0) 0
  League Cup 2  (3) 0
  Euro Cups 2  (1) 0
Tottenham 2006 - 07League 20  (1) 2
  FA Cup 3  (1) 0
  League Cup 1  (0) 0
  Euro Cups 5  (1) 0
Tottenham 2005 - 06League 22  (2) 1
  FA Cup 0  (1) 0
Auxerre 2004 - 05League 14  (9) 2
  Euro Cups 5  (2) 0
Auxerre 2003 - 04League 21  (1) 3
  Euro Cups 7  (0) 1
Auxerre 2002 - 03League 25  (0) 1
  Euro Cups 10  (1) 1
Auxerre 2001 - 02League 27  (1) 3
Auxerre 2000 - 01League 6  (4) 1
Auxerre 1999 - 00League 15  (9) 3
Auxerre 1998 - 99League 8  (4) 1
Auxerre 1997 - 98League 1  (0) 0
 
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