Magnus Bahne
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Magnus Bahne is a 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...

 footballer
Football (soccer)
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 goalkeeper, currently playing for FC Inter Turku.

Club career

Bahne started his career in FC Inter Turku and at the age 20 he became the number one goalkeeper of the team. In 2007 he signed with Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

 in the Swedish Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

.
He has been on trial at Charlton
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

 in 2001, Fredrikstad FK in 2005 and IK Start in 2006.

When transferring in 2007 to Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK
Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

 he took right away the position has number one goalkeeper and one of the best in his position in the league.

During the 2007 season, he injured himself against IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

 (1-3) in august. It was later revealed that he hade torn his ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

 and would not be able to play until after Euro 2008. Even though he missed a large part of the 2007 season due to the enjury he was voted goalkeeper of the year (best in Sweden) in the annual Fotbollsgala 2007. He made a successful comeback from the injury in the summer of 2008, playing 19 matches and gaining back the position has number one in Halmstad. In 2009 he played 27 matches in Allsvenskan.

On 1 September 2009 Bahne announced that he would not sign a new contract with Halmstads BK and that he would leave the club after the season, stating that he wanted to try to play in a bigger league.

On 30 January 2010 Assyriska FF confirmed that they have signed Bahne.

After only one season with Assyriska, Bahne signed a one-year contract with his former club FC Inter Turku on 8 November 2010.

International career

He is one of the candidates to take the place has number one goalkeeper in the Finnish national team, after Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...

 announced about his retirement from the national team and concentrating fully on Bolton
Bolton
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 and the Premier League.

Magnus Bahne has made two appearances for Finland
Finland national football team
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, he has also played 7 games for the Under-21 team.

Family

Magnus has a brother by the name Martin Bahne who is, in Finland
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...

, a well known actor
Actor
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, who in 2007 played the main role in the movie Raja 1918 (eng: The border 1918).

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