Julius Tauriainen

Julius Tauriainen
	Tauriainen in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Julius Mikael Tauriainen[1]
Date of birth	18 April 2001
Place of birth	Finland[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Lahti
Number	16
Youth career
0000–2015	FC Wild
2016–2019	HJK
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Klubi 04
2019–2020	HJK
2019–2020	→ SC Freiburg II (loan)
2020–2022	SC Freiburg II
2022	Miedź Legnica II
2023–	Lahti
International career‡
2016–2017	Finland U16
2017–2018	Finland U17
2019	Finland U18
2019	Finland U19
2021–2022	Finland U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 5 April 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:34, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Julius Mikael Tauriainen (born 18 April 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.[2] and the Finland U21.[3] He is the older brother of Chelsea forward Jimi Tauriainen, and the son of former Finland international footballer Pasi Tauriainen.

Club career

On 18 February 2018 it was reported that HJK had signed a 2+1 year contract with its own protégé Julius Tauriainen.[4]

On 2 July 2020 HJK announced that it had accepted SC Freiburgs offer for a permanent transfer of Tauriainen.[5]

Miedź Legnica announced on 15 September 2022 that Tauriainen had joined the club and that he would represent Miedź Legnica II.[6]

He has represented Finland at international youth levels and was in the starting eleven in 8 out of 10 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[7]

As of 5 April 2023[8][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Klubi 04	2018	Kakkonen	26	2	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	–		0	0	29	2
	2019	Kakkonen	12	7	–		–		0	0	12	7
	Total		38	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	41	9
HJK	2019	Veikkausliiga	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2020	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
SC Freiburg II	2020–21	Regionalliga	11	1	–		–		–		11	1
	2021–22	3. Liga	28	1	–		–		–		28	1
	Total		39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	1
Miedź Legnica II	2022–23	III liga	5	0	0	0	–		0	0	5	0
FC Lahti	2023	Veikkausliiga	1	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	–		0	0	2	0
Career total			83	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	90	11

Notes

Julius Tauriainen at WorldFootball.net
"Julius Tauriainen vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 6 February 2023.
"U21-miehet" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
"HJK sopimukseen maajoukkuekonkarin pojan, 16, kanssa – "Tavoite menestyä paremmin kuin isä"" [HJK to an agreement with a son of a national team champion, 16 - "I aim to succeed better than father"] (in Finnish). Vantaan Sanomat. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
"Julius Tauriainen siirtyy SC Freiburgiin" [Julius Tauriainen moves to SC Freiburg] (in Finnish). HJK. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
"Julius Tauriainen wzmacnia Miedź II" [Julius Tauriainen strengthens Miedź II] (in Polish). Miedź Legnica. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
"Pikkuhuuhkajien luottopelaaja vaihtaa seuraa – varusmiespalvelus alkaa syksyllä" [Key player of Little Eagle Owls changes club - his military service starts in the fall] (in Finnish). SuomiFutis. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
Julius Tauriainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
Julius Tauriainen at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

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