Vesa Tauriainen (born 16 December 1967) is a Finnish former international
footballer
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and a football manager.
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Coaching career
In September 2020, Tauriainen's contract with RoPs
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was terminated, and he was replaced as head coach by Mikko Mannila Mikko is a Finnish masculine given name and equivalent of the English name Michael, having been borrowed into the Finnish language. The given name Mikko is shared by the following notable people:
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Personal life
He is the brother of fellow professional footballers Pasi Tauriainen
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and Kimmo Tauriainen
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Career
He has played for RoPS, KePS, Kontu, FC Jokerit, MyPa and Atlantis FC. He also played one season in Norwegian IK Start. He won the Finnish Cup with Atlantis FC in 20 ...
, and the uncle of Jimi Tauriainen and Julius Tauriainen.
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References
1967 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Rovaniemi
Finnish men's footballers
Finnish football managers
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Finland men's youth international footballers
Finland men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Veikkausliiga players
Kakkonen players
Rovaniemen Palloseura players
FC Oulu players
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
FF Jaro players
FC Santa Claus players
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
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