Maximus Tainio
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Auxerre, France | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | HIFK | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010 | AFC | ||
–2017 | HJK Helsinki | ||
2017–2020 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | FC Haka | 38 | (2) |
2020 | → AC Kajaani (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2022– | HIFK | 15 | (1) |
International career | |||
2016–2017 | Finland U16 | 4 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Finland U17 | 8 | (0) |
2018 | Finland U18 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Finland U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:24, 25 October 2022 (UTC) |
Maximus Tainio (born 24 May 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club HIFK. He is the son of former footballer Teemu Tainio.
Club career
Tainio signed to Tottenham on a two-year deal in January 2017.[1] Spurs released the player near the end of July 2020.[2] Tainio joined up with his father at Veikkausliiga club FC Haka.[3] On 29 July 2020, he was sent on a short-term loan to AC Kajaani.[4] He played two games in August 2020 in the Ykkönen, the second level of Finnish football, before returning to Haka the same month.[5]
On 4 January 2022, he joined HIFK on a one-year deal.[6]
International career
Tainio has represented Finland at under-17 level.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 August 2020[5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Haka | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
AC Kajaani | 2020 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
- Notes
References
- ^ Olly Dawes (16 January 2017). "Almost nine years since leaving Spurs, Teemu Tainio's son has signed two-year deal with Tottenham". HITC. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "FC Haka". 27 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Haka-kaksikko Ojala ja Tainio lyhytaikaiselle lainalle AC Kajaaniin" [Haka duo Ojala and Tainio for a short-term loan to AC Kajaani]. www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ a b c Maximus Tainio at Soccerway
- ^ "HIFK sopimukseen Maximus Tainion kanssa" (in Finnish). HIFK. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Finland youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Amsterdamsche FC players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- AC Kajaani players
- FC Haka players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- Kakkonen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Finnish football midfielder stubs