Kimmo Tauriainen is a former Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 professional

Professional

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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Career

Tauriainen played in the midfield

Midfield

Midfield is the part of a sports pitch that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with football to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, but it can be used in field hockey to describe the same area, or in...

 and is 169 cm in height and weighs in at 72 kg.

He has played for RoPS

RoPS

Rovaniemen Palloseura is a Finnish football club, founded in 1950 and based in the town of Rovaniemi. In 2009 RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division but got relegated to Ykkönen after being the lowest-placed team in the end of the season...

, KePS, Kontu, FC Jokerit

FC Jokerit

FC Jokerit was a football club based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1999. The club was known for its wild supporters, 116% Boys, and for its owner, Hjallis Harkimo who is also the owner of Jokerit, an ice hockey club based in Helsinki....

, MyPa

MyPa

Myllykosken Pallo –47 is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial town of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola since January 2009. They currently play in the Finnish Premier Division...

 and Atlantis FC

Atlantis FC

Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football .-History:The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo and FC Norssi merged...

. He also played one season in Norwegian IK Start. He won the Finnish Cup

Finnish Cup

The Finnish Cup is Finland's main national cup competition in football.This yearly competition is open for member clubs of the FA of Finland. Finnish Cup has been played since 1955.Finnish Cup winner qualifies to UEFA Europa League...

 with Atlantis FC in 2001 and with MyPa in 2004. Tauriainen has also won Finnish championship in 2005 with MyPa.

Tauriainen returned to Atlantis from MyPa in 2006. He had to end his professional career because of knee injury after season 2006.

Personal life

Nowadays Kimmo works as a sales person in Duosport. Kimmo is also getting married during summer 2009 with singer Maria.

External links

• http://www.atlantisfc.fi/fudis/akatemia/08a.htm