Hannu Tihinen

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Hannu Tihinen
Personal information
Full name	Hannu Tihinen
Date of birth	July 1, 1976 (1976-07-01) (age 33)
Place of birth	Keminmaa, Finland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Zürich
Number	30
Youth career
1991–1992	KePs
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1996 1997–1999 2000–2002 2001 2002–2006 2006–	KePs HJK Viking → West Ham United (loan) Anderlecht Zürich	077 (12) 065 0(8) 071 0(8) 008 0(0) 101 (14) 086 (10)
National team2
1997–	Finland	073 0(4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Hannu Tihinen (born July 1, 1976 in Keminmaa) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 External links

[edit] Club career

Tihinen started his career with KePs in the lower divisions before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK for the 1997 season. He won both the Finnish championship and Finnish Cup once with HJK, and also earned UEFA Champions League experience with the club in the 1998-99 season. Tihinen then joined Norwegian club Viking in 2000. He spent two and a half seasons with Viking, while also having a brief loan spell at West Ham United in the English Premiership. Whilst at West Ham he played in their 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 2000-01 FA Cup. In 2002 Tihinen joined Belgian giants Anderlecht. He played in Belgium for four years, winning two Belgian championships. After Tihinen's contract with Anderlecht expired in the summer of 2006, he was snapped up by Zürich on a three-year deal. He was Captain of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team.

[edit] International career

Tihinen made his debut for the Finnish national team on June 5, 1999 against Turkey. He has formed Finland's regular central defensive pairing with Sami Hyypiä for the most of 2000s.

[edit] Honours

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 1997
• Finnish Cup: 1998

Viking

• Norwegian Cup: 2001

Anderlecht

• Jupiler League: 2003–04, 2005–06
• Belgian Supercup: 2004

FC Zürich

• Swiss Super League: 2007, 2009

[edit] External links

• (Finnish) Profile at FA of Finland's official website
• (German) Profile at FC Zürich's official website

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