Taru Laihanen

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Taru Laihanen
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-15) 15 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Hämeenlinna, Finland
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward

Taru Laihanen (born 15 April 1986) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker for SGS Essen.[1]

Career

Laihanen began her career at the age of eight at the club JJS Hämeenlinna. She later transferred to FC United Pietarsaari and in 2005 to FC Honka . Laihanen won the Kansallinen Liiga twice with FC Honka in 2006 and 2007. In the 2007 season, Laihanen became the top scorer for the Kansallinen Liiga with 21 goals.[2] In January 2008, Laihanen moved to German Bundesliga club SG Essen.[3] She scored her first Bundesliga goal on debut for Essen against SG Wattenscheid 09.[4] At the end of the Bundelsiga season, Liahanen left Essen. At the beginning of 2009 Season, Laihanen signed for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi and subsequently retired at the end of 2010.[5]

International career

Taru Laihanen represented Finland at senior level 13 times between 2007–2008.

References

  1. "Taru Laihanen siirtymässä Saksaan". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2023-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. Albert, Rulof (2008-01-25). "Die neue Heimat". Der Westen (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2023-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Maalikuningatar matkalla Saksaan". Iltalehti. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  4. https://uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi/laihanen-osui-heti-debyytissaan
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20101216165333/https://www.hjk.fi/joukkue/?J=2&hae=315

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