Teemu Tainio

**Teemu Mikael Tainio** (born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is the head coach of Tallinna Kalev and an assistant coach of the Finland national football team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Haka|1996|Veikkausliiga|20|4|0|0|–|4|0|24|4||
|1997|Veikkausliiga|26|10|0|0|–|–|26|10|||||
|rowspan="9"|Auxerre|1997–98|Division 1|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|1998–99|Division 1|13|1|0|0|0|0|—|13|1||||
|1999–00|Division 1|25|3|1|0|1|0|—|27|3||||
|2000–01|Division 1|10|1|0|0|1|0|5|0|16|1|||
|2001–02|Division 1|28|3|1|0|2|0|—|31|3||||
|2002–03|Ligue 1|25|1|3|0|0|0|11|1|39|2|||
|2003–04|Ligue 1|22|3|3|1|5|0|7|1|37|5|||
|2004–05|Ligue 1|26|2|4|1|3|0|7|0|40|3|||
|rowspan=3|Auxerre B|1997–98|CFA|5|1|–|–|–|5|1||||
|1998–99|CFA|14|3|–|–|–|14|3||||||
|rowspan=4|Tottenham Hotspur|2005–06|Premier League|24|1|1|0|0|0|—|25|1||
|2006–07|Premier League|21|2|4|0|1|0|6|0|32|2|||
|2007–08|Premier League|16|0|2|0|5|0|3|0|26|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Sunderland|2008–09|Premier League|21|0|1|0|0|0|—|22|0||
|2009–10|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|1|—|1|1||||
|Birmingham City (loan)|2009–10|Premier League|6|0|0|0|0|0|—|6|0|||
|Ajax|2010–11|Eredivisie|2|0|1|0|—|2|0|5|0|||
|rowspan=3|New York Red Bulls|2011|MLS|28|0|0|0|3|0|—|31|0||
|2012|MLS|14|0|0|0|2|0|—|16|0||||
|rowspan="3"|HJK|2013|Veikkausliiga|20|2|2|0|3|0|1|0|26|2|
|2014|Veikkausliiga|16|1|3|0|1|0|9|0|29|1|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="17"|Finland|1998|3|0|
|1999|1|0|||
|2000|3|0|||
|2001|4|1|||
|2002|6|0|||
|2003|6|3|||
|2004|2|1|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|2|0|||
|2007|6|1|||
|2008|5|0|||
|2009|4|0|||
|2010|2|0|||
|2011|0|0|||
|2012|0|0|||
|2013|9|0|||
|2014|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tainio goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1 September 2001|Tirana, Albania|||2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|6 September 2003|Baku, Azerbaijan|||2–1|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||
|3|11 October 2003|Tampere, Finland|||3–2|Friendly||||||||
|4|16 November 2003|Houston, United States|||2–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|13 October 2004|Amsterdam, Netherlands|||1–3|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|22 August 2007|Tampere, Finland|||2–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|FC Haka|||align=left|1 January 2019|align=left|31 October 2023||||||||
|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7002167000000000000♠">165</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7002167000000000000♠">75</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7001760000000000000♠">38</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7001760000000000000♠">52</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠">268</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|<span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠">225</span>|style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"|+43||

### As a player

**FC Haka**
- Finnish Cup: 1997

**Auxerre**
- Coupe de France: 2002–03, 2004–05
- Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2003

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- EFL League Cup: 2007–08

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2010–11

**HJK**
- Veikkausliiga: 2013, 2014
- Finnish Cup: 2014

### As a manager

**FC Haka**
- Ykkönen: 2019

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Teemu Tainio
- **image**: TeemuTainio (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Tainio playing for the New York Red Bulls in 2011
- **fullname**: Teemu Mikael Tainio
- **birth place**: Tornio, Finland
- **height**: 1.76 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: JK Tallinna Kalev, Tallinna Kalev (manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1994–1995
- **youthclubs1**: TP-47
- **years1**: 1996–1997
- **clubs1**: FC Haka, Haka
- **caps1**: 46
- **goals1**: 14
- **years2**: 1997–2005
- **clubs2**: AJ Auxerre, Auxerre
- **caps2**: 150
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 2005–2008
- **clubs3**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps3**: 61
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2008–2010
- **clubs4**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps4**: 21
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009–2010
- **clubs5**: → Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City (loan)
- **caps5**: 6
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2010–2011
- **clubs6**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps6**: 2
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: New York Red Bulls
- **caps7**: 42
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2013–2014
- **clubs8**: Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK
- **caps8**: 36
- **goals8**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 364
- **totalgoals**: 34
- **nationalyears1**: 1998–2014
- **nationalteam1**: Finland national football team, Finland
- **nationalcaps1**: 64
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **manageryears1**: 2017
- **managerclubs1**: Klubi 04 (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2018
- **managerclubs2**: FC Haka, Haka (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 2019–2023
- **managerclubs3**: FC Haka, Haka
- **manageryears4**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs4**: AEL Limassol (assistant)
- **manageryears5**: 2024
- **managerclubs5**: JK Tallinna Kalev, Tallinna Kalev (assistant)
- **manageryears6**: 2024–
- **managerclubs6**: Finland national football team, Finland (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 2024–
- **managerclubs7**: JK Tallinna Kalev, Tallinna Kalev