Vesa Tauriainen (born 16 December 1967) is a Finnish former international footballer and a football manager.[1][2]
In September 2020, Tauriainen's contract with RoPs was terminated, and he was replaced as head coach by Mikko Mannila.[3]
He is the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen and Kimmo Tauriainen, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPs | 1985 | Mestaruussarja | – | 0 | 0 | – | ||||||
| 1986 | Mestaruussarja | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Mestaruussarja | 3[a] | 0 | |||||||||
| 1988 | Mestaruussarja | 2[a] | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 16 | ||
| Kiruna | 1989 | Swedish Division 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | |
| RoPs | 1990 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 1991 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14 | |
| Total | 56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 18 | ||
| FC Oulu | 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
| HJK | 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Jaro | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | |
| 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | ||
| Santa Claus | 1997 | Kakkonen | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | |
| Lira | 1998 | Swedish Division 2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | |
| RoPs | 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Career total | 294 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 90 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
