Petri Pasanen

Petri Pasanen
Pasanen with Red Bull Salzburg in 2011
Personal information
Full name Petri Mikael Pasanen
Date of birth (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980
Place of birth Lahti, Finland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Kuusysi 2 (0)
1996–2000 Lahti 72 (2)
1997Hämeenlinna (loan) 4 (0)
1998Hämeenlinna (loan) 1 (0)
2000–2004 Ajax 59 (7)
2004Portsmouth (loan) 12 (0)
2004–2011 Werder Bremen 144 (3)
2011–2012 Red Bull Salzburg 18 (0)
2012–2014 AGF 44 (2)
2014–2015 Lahti 30 (1)
Total 386 (15)
International career
2000 Finland U21 6 (0)
2000–2013 Finland 76 (1)
Managerial career
Lahti (youth)
2022–2023 Lahti (assistant)
Medal record
Finland national football team
Runner-up Baltic Cup 2012
AFC Ajax
Winner Eredivisie 2002
Winner KNVB Cup 2002
Winner Johan Cruijff Shield 2002
Runner-up Eredivisie 2003
Werder Bremen
Runner-up Bundesliga 2006
Runner-up Bundesliga 2008
Runner-up UEFA Europa League 2009
Winner DFB-Pokal 2009
Runner-up DFB-Pokal 2010
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Winner Austrian Bundesliga 2012
Winner Austrian Cup 2012
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petri Pasanen (born 24 September 1980) is a Finnish football coach, TV studio presenter and a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was most comfortable as centre-back, but also played right-back and left-back as well. Pasanen began his senior career in his native Finland before moving to Ajax. He spent most of his career at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen which he represented in the UEFA Champions League in multiple seasons, and in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final. At international level, he made 76 appearances for the Finland national team scoring one goal.