Ilya Venäläinen

Ilya Venäläinen
Ilja Venäläinen in the yellow jersey in 2007
Personnel
birthday	September 27, 1980
place of birth	Kuopio ,  Finland
size	188 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1997	Kuopion PS
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2003	Kuopion PS	141 (41)
2004	FF Jaro	21 0(5)
2005-2006	FC KooTeePee	49 (13)
2007–	Kuopion PS	121 (41)
2010	PK-37	1 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
	Finland U-15	10 0(3)
	Finland U17	5 0(1)
	Finland U18	9 0(2)
	Finland U-19	1 0(0)
	Finland U-21	12 0(0)
	Finland	1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2011 2 As of January 4, 2012

Ilja Venäläinen (born September 27, 1980 in Kuopio ) is a Finnish football player who is currently under contract with Kuopion PS . He plays in the position of the striker .

Venäläinen began his career in the youth of Kuopion PS , for whom he later played six seasons in the professional field before moving to FF Jaro in 2004 . However, he stayed there for only one year and moved to FC KooTeePee for the 2005 season , for which he scored thirteen goals in 49 games in 2005 and 2006. For the 2007 season he returned to his hometown club Kuopion PS in the second-class Ykkönen , with whom he managed to return directly to the Veikkausliiga . With twelve goals, he was significantly involved.

Venäläinen completed twelve international matches for the Finnish U-21 national team and was also used by interim coach Olli Huttunen on February 9, 2011 in the 1-1 draw against Belgium , where he came on in the 83rd minute for midfield engine Tim Sparv .

Web links

• Ilja Venäläinen in the database of weltfussball.de
• Ilja Venäläinen on the official website of Veikkausliiga (Finnish)