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Maximus Tainio
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)
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
0000–2017 HJK Helsinki
2017–2020 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 FC Haka 38 (2)
2020AC 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
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "FC Haka". 27 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b c Maximus Tainio at Soccerway
  6. ^ "HIFK sopimukseen Maximus Tainion kanssa" (in Finnish). HIFK. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.