Akim Sairinen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Akim Saeed Sairinen | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lynx | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | MP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | MiKi | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | MP | 69 | (4) |
| 2016 | EIF | 27 | (0) |
| 2017 | Gjøvik-Lyn | 25 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Tammeka | 72 | (5) |
| 2020 | Florø | 12 | (1) |
| 2021 | Dainava | 35 | (0) |
| 2022 | PIF | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Panargiakos | ? | (?) |
| 2024– | Lynx | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 | |||
Akim Saeed Sairinen (born 22 May 1994) is a Finnish professional football defender, playing for Gibraltar Premier League side Lynx.
Career[edit]
Sairinen played in a youth sector of his hometown club Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) since he was five years old.[1][2] He made his senior debut with the club's associate team Mikkelin Kissat (MiKi) in fourth-tier Kolmonen in 2012. With MP first team, Sairinen played two seasons in third-tier Kakkonen and one season in second-tier Ykkönen, followed by another Ykkönen season with Ekenäs IF (EIF) in 2016, before moving to Gjøvik-Lyn in Norway in 2017.[3]
During 2018 and 2019, he played for JK Tammeka in Estonian premier division Meistriliiga,[4][5] before returning to Norway to sign with Florø SK for the 2020 season.
In 2021, Sairinen played for Lithuanian club FK Dainava in top-tier A Lyga. In the early 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with second-tier club Pargas IF.[6]
In January 2024, Sairinen signed with Lynx FC, playing in Gibraltar Football League, country's top-tier league.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ MP:n kasvatti Akim Sairinen palasi Ykköseen viiden kauden jälkeen – miehen tähtäin on yhä ulkomailla, lansi-savo.fi, 7 May 2022
- ^ Sairinen jatkaa MP:ssä, lansi-savo.fi, 24 March 2015
- ^ Akim Sairisen peliura jatkuu ulkomailla — suunnaksi Norjan Gjøvik, lansisavo.fi, 4 April 2017
- ^ Mikkeliläinen Akim Sairinen pelaa ammatikseen jalkapalloa Virossa — "Kentällä on vähän sellaista itäeurooppalaista mentaliteettia, että pelataan kovaa ja ehkä vähän sikaakin välillä", lansi-savo.fi, 17 May 2018
- ^ Sopimuksettoman pelaajan arkea: "Epätietoisuus on stressaavaa", jpy.fi, 2 January 2020
- ^ Akim Sairinen Piffenin riveihin Liettuan pääsarjasta, piffootball.fi
- ^ SAIRINEN, Akim Saeed Sairinen, lapreferente.com
External links[edit]
- Akim Sairinen at Soccerway
- Akim Sairinen at WorldFootball.net
- Akim Sairinen at Football Association of Finland
- Akim Sairinen at Norwegian Football Federation
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