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Petri Pasanen is a Finnish association football player and coach. Born in Lahti in 1980, he plays as a centre-back and full-back. He has represented Finland in international competition. His professional career began in 1996.
Pasanen has played for several clubs, including SV Werder Bremen, AFC Ajax, Aarhus Gymnastikforening, and Portsmouth F.C. He has competed in the Premier League. He speaks Finnish.
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Key facts
- 1996
- Kuusysi
- 1997
- → Hämeenlinna (loan)
- 1998
- → Hämeenlinna (loan)
- 2000
- Finland U21
- 2004
- → Portsmouth (loan)
- Full name
- Petri Mikael Pasanen
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-09-24 ) 24 September 1980 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Lahti , Finland
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Years
- Team
- 1996 2000
- Lahti
- 2000 2004
- Ajax
- 2004 2011
- Werder Bremen
- 2011 2012
- Red Bull Salzburg
- 2012 2014
- AGF
- 2014 2015
- Lahti
- 2000 2013
- Finland
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Finland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Petri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Lahti
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Finland men's national football team
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Petri Pasanen7.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- Petri Pasanen
- date of birth
- 1980-09-24
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- name in native language
- Petri Pasanen
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Petri Pasanen (born 24 September 1980) is a Finnish football coach, TV studio presenter and a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was most comfortable as centre-back, but also played right-back and left-back as well. Pasanen began his senior career in his native Finland before moving to Ajax. He spent most of his career at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen which he represented in the UEFA Champions League in multiple seasons, and in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final. At international level, he made 76 appearances for the Finland national team scoring one goal.
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