Kaan Kairinen

Kasper Kaan Kairinen (born 22 December 1998) is a Finnish footballer currently playing for Czech First League club Sparta Prague. He was born to a Turkish father and a Finnish mother in Turku.[1]

Kaan Kairinen
Personal information
Full name Kasper Kaan Kairinen
Date of birth (1998-12-22) 22 December 1998
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Prague
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Inter Turku 27 (0)
2016–2020 FC Midtjylland 5 (0)
2017 → Skive IK (loan) 6 (0)
2018 → Inter Turku (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → HJK (loan) 17 (1)
2020 → Lillestrøm (loan) 28 (4)
2021–2022 Lillestrøm 42 (2)
2023– Sparta Prague 13 (1)
International career‡
2014–2015 Finland U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Finland U19 6 (0)
2017– Finland U21 10 (3)
2019– Finland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023

Club career

FC Inter Turku

Kairinen is a youth exponent from FC Inter Turku. He made his Veikkausliiga debut at 25 October 2014 against FF Jaro, coming on as a substitute for Kalle Kauppi after 70 minutes in a 0–1 home defeat.[2] Kairinen became the second-youngest player in Inter Turku's history to play for the club, since he made his debut at the age of 15.[3]

FC Midtjylland

On 1 February 2016, it was confirmed by FC Midtjylland, that they had signed with Kairinen.[4]

On 14 November 2018, Midtjylland announced that Kairinen would spend 2019 at HJK Helsinki on a loan deal.[5]

AC Sparta Prague

On 20 December 2022, it was confirmed by Sparta Prague, that they had signed with Kairinen.[6]

International

He made his debut for the Finland national football team on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a 54th-minute substitute for Rasmus Schüller.[7]

Honours

Individual

Style of play

Left-footed and very confident on the ball, Kairinen reads the game well and has a great range of passing and shooting from distance. Local journalists consider him the best young talent in Finnish football and expect him to develop into a deep-lying midfielder in the Andrea Pirlo mould.[3]

— Michael Yokhin of The Guardian on Kairinen, October 2015

Kairinen's ability to control midfield is remarkable. His understanding and vision are already impressive, and he seldom seems to be in a hurry, picking his passes with elegance and precision. Deployed largely in an attacking role, he has shown an aptitude for defensive work too.[8]

— Mikael Erävuori of UEFA.com, October 2015

References
  1. Interin Kairiselta odotetaan ihmeitä (in Finnish) Turun Sanomat
  2. "Inter Turku vs. Jaro - 25 October 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  3. The Guardian
  4. FCM sikrer sig finsk midtbanetalent, fcm.dk, 1 February 2016
  5. Kaan Kairinen udlejes til den finske mesterklub, fcm.dk, 14 November 2018
  6. "Na Spartu přichází Kaan Kairinen". Sparta Prague (in Czech). 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  8. UEFA
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