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Teemu Tainio
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    FourFourTwo rating: 6.8
    Club (overall): 5.8
    International: 0.1
    Birmingham Ci fans: 5.6
    Other fans: 5.8
    CM fans: 75.0

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    5.1 Shooting
    5.2 Passing
    0.8 Heading
    8.0 Tackling
    0.8 Pace
    8.0 Work-rate
    8.0 Crossing
    0.8 Creativity
    0.8 Dribbling

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Midfielder

Cultured, composed and tough in the tackle, Tainio is oddly injury prone for a player so keen to put himself about

The versatile midfielder was brought in by Sunderland boss Roy Keane joining the club from Tottenham for an undisclosed fee in July 2008.

Tainio began his career at TP-47, moving on to rival Finnish club FC Haka before being snapped up by French club Auxerre in 1997.

Tainio stayed at the club for eight years, helping the side to reach the Champions League in 2002 as well as winning the French Cup a year later. Tainio spent three seasons at Spurs, establishing himself as a first team regular under Martin Jol making 83 appearances for Spurs in three years in London.

However when the Dutchman was sacked, the Finn found himself down the pecking order under the newly installed boss, Juande Ramos.

Despite this he played 25 minutes of the Carling Cup final win over Chelsea as an extra-time substitute.

 
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DarylP DarylP (on 25.02.2009 at 3:12pm) says:
Hard working , poor quality.

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Kneezevich Kneezevich (on 17.12.2008 at 2:00pm) says:
How much of Dean Whitehead being selected ahead of Tainio was down to the Finn's fitness and how much down to Roy Keane's judgement we will never know. Yet it was clear to many of Sunderland's fans that the holding midfielder combined Whithead's workmanship with the complete range of passing that comes from a proven Premier League pedigree midfielder. If he stays fit he should make the centre midfield position his.

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Clum Clum (on 23.08.2008 at 7:02pm) says:
The sort of player you never want to play but never want to leave.

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07cjac01 07cjac01 (on 21.08.2008 at 2:15pm) says:
under ratedand one of the most hard working players i can think off. Sunderland fans you will love him.

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placidcasual placidcasual (on 04.08.2008 at 10:59am) says:
If Tainio can stay fit he'll be a great acquisition for Sunderland, and playing week in and week out will do him the world of good.

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