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{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Petri Pasanen
| image = Petri Pasanen7.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Pasanen with [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] in 2011
| full_name = Petri Mikael Pasanen
| height = 1.87 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lahti]], Finland
| currentclub =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1996 | clubs1 = [[Kuusysi Lahti|Kuusysi]] | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1996–2000 | clubs2 = [[FC Lahti|Lahti]] | caps2 = 72 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = → [[FC Hämeenlinna|Hämeenlinna]] (loan) | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1998 | clubs4 = → [[FC Hämeenlinna|Hämeenlinna]] (loan) | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2000–2004 | clubs5 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] | caps5 = 59 | goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2004 | clubs6 = → [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] (loan) | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2004–2011 | clubs7 = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] | caps7 = 144 | goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = [[AGF Aarhus|AGF]] | caps9 = 44 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = [[FC Lahti|Lahti]] | caps10 = 30 | goals10 = 1
| totalcaps = 386 |totalgoals = 15
| nationalyears1 = 2000 | nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2013 | nationalteam2 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]] | nationalcaps2 = 76 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Lahti|Lahti]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Lahti|Lahti]] (assistant)
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Team|[[Finland national football team]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]]|[[2012 Baltic Cup|2012]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[AFC Ajax]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Eredivisie]]|[[2001–02 Eredivisie|2002]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[KNVB Cup]]|[[2001–02 KNVB Cup|2002]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Johan Cruijff Shield]]|[[Johan Cruijff-schaal VII|2002]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Eredivisie]]|[[2002–03 Eredivisie|2003]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[Werder Bremen]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Bundesliga]]|[[2005–06 Bundesliga|2006]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[Bundesliga]]|[[2007–08 Bundesliga|2008]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Europa League]]|[[2009 UEFA Cup Final|2009]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[DFB-Pokal]]|[[2008–09 DFB-Pokal|2009]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[DFB-Pokal]]|[[2009–10 DFB-Pokal|2010]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[FC Red Bull Salzburg]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Austrian Bundesliga]]|[[2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2012]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[Austrian Cup]]|[[2011–12 Austrian Cup|2012]]}}
}}

'''Petri Pasanen''' (born 24 September 1980) is a Finnish football coach, TV studio presenter and a former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|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 [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]. He spent most of his career at [[Bundesliga]] club [[SV Werder Bremen|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 football team|Finland national team]] scoring one goal.

==Club career==
===FC Lahti===
Born in [[Lahti]], Finland, Pasanen became a regular for local club [[FC Lahti]] during the club's promotion season in 1998. During the next two seasons he made 42 appearances for the club in Finland's [[Veikkausliiga]].

===Ajax===
Many of [[Europe]]'s top clubs had become interested in the promising Pasanen, and in the summer of 2000 he joined Dutch club [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]. The transfer fee was not disclosed, but is believed to be around 6 million [[Finnish markka]], which corresponds roughly to €1 million.<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000003902786.html Ajax ei halua paljastaa Pasasen siirtosummaa], [[Helsingin Sanomat]], 9 August 2000</ref><ref>[https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/pasasen-siirtosumma-pysyy-salassa/3991174#gs.2lf1c1 Pasasen siirtosumma pysyy salassa], [[MTV Oy]]/ mtvuutiset.fi, 8 August 2000</ref> He became a regular in the Ajax defense in his first season, but his progress was halted when he broke his foot in August 2001, and had to miss most of the 2001–02 season. Next season he was a regular again as Ajax reached the quarter-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League]].

He fell out of favour at Ajax in 2003–04, and spent the second half of the season on loan at English club [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in the [[Premier League]]. Portsmouth manager [[Harry Redknapp]] was interested in purchasing Pasanen at the end of the season, but claimed Ajax's asking price was too high.

===Werder Bremen===
Pasanen was then signed by reigning German champions [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] in the summer of 2004. He became a key player for the club, helping them to a top three finish in the [[Bundesliga]] and the second round of the Champions League in each of his first two seasons at the club. Whilst at Bremen he played in the [[2009 UEFA Cup Final]].

[[File:Petri Pasanen - SV Werder Bremen (1).jpg|thumb|Pasanen with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] in 2009]]

===Red Bull Salzburg===
On 30 June 2011, after the end of his contract, he left Werder Bremen,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/1130845 | title = Pasanen verlässt Werder Bremen | language = German | publisher = sueddeutsche.de | accessdate = 23 March 2011 | date = 23 March 2011}}</ref> and signed for [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]. On 12 May 2012, Salzburg announced that they would not renew Pasanen's contract and he would be free to look for a new club during the summer.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jalkapallo/maajoukkuepakki-sai-seurastaan-lahtopassit-/art-1288468618369.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120511232216/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jalkapallo/maajoukkuepakki-sai-seurastaan-lahtopassit-/art-1288468618369.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 11 May 2012 | title = Maajoukkuepakki sai seurastaan lähtöpassit |trans-title=Finnish international not given a contract renewal | language = Finnish | date = 12 May 2012 | accessdate = 12 May 2012}}</ref>

===AGF Aarhus===
On 28 July 2012, Pasanen signed a two-year contract with Danish [[Danish Superliga|topflight]] side [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]]. He scored his first goal for AGF on 10 December 2012, in a 3−3 home draw against [[Silkeborg IF|Silkeborg]].

===Return to Lahti===
In May 2014, FC Lahti announced that Pasanen would return to Lahti and that he had signed a contract until the end of the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fclahti.fi/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1377&cntnt01origid=55&cntnt01returnid=59| title = Petri Pasanen palaa FC Lahden paitaan| publisher = [[FC Lahti]]| date = 24 May 2014| language = Finnish| accessdate = 22 December 2014| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162247/http://www.fclahti.fi/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1377&cntnt01origid=55&cntnt01returnid=59| archivedate = 22 December 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> On 29 September 2015, Pasanen announced that he would retire from professional football at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2015/09/28/petri-pasanen-lopettaa-uransa-kauden-jalkeen| title = Petri Pasanen lopettaa uransa kauden jälkeen| publisher = [[Veikkausliiga]]| date = 29 September 2015 | language = Finnish | accessdate = 9 October 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Pasanen was also a regular for the [[Finland national football team|Finland national team]]. He made his international debut on 15 November 2000 against the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. Pasanen has mostly played at right back for Finland, and has also served as the national team's captain, when [[Sami Hyypiä]] and [[Jari Litmanen]] have not played. He scored his only goal on 22 May 2002 in a home friendly at the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] against [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]], which Finland won 2–1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Finns hold their nerve |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b274fd8a2-7e6025f66514-1000--finns-hold-their-nerve/ |website=[[UEFA]] |publisher=[[Union of European Football Associations]] |date=22 May 2002 |access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>

Pasanen has also played in [[Finland national futsal team]], where he has six caps and two goals.

==Coaching career==
After his playing career, Pasanen has worked as a youth coach for [[FC Lahti]], and as an assistant coach of the club's first team during 2022–2023.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2021/11/19/petri-pasanen-fc-lahden-valmennustiimiin-paljon-annettavaa-yksiloille | title = Petri Pasanen FC Lahden valmennustiimiin - "Paljon annettavaa yksilöille" | website = veikkausliiga.com | date = 19 November 2021 | language = fi | access-date = 29 February 2024}}</ref>

==Later career==
After his professional career, Pasanen has worked as a [[Pundit|football pundit]] for [[Yle]] in 2014–2018, and for [[MTV Oy]] in 2018–2020. Since 2020, Pasanen has worked for MTV and [[C More Entertainment|C More Finland]] as a football studio host in [[UEFA Champions League]] matches and international tournaments.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.is.fi/jalkapallo/art-2000006643575.html | title = Miten umpiujosta pojasta tuli futistähti ja sädehtivä tv-persoona? Petri Pasanen heittäytyi täysin elämälle: ”Virheitä ei pidä laskea” | website = [[Ilta-Sanomat]] | date = 21 September 2020 | language = fi | access-date = 29 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/petri-pasanen-uudelle-pelipaikalle-siirtyy-c-moren-jalkapallostudion-juontajaksi/7907150#gs.50b8rb | title = Petri Pasanen uudelle pelipaikalle – siirtyy C Moren jalkapallostudion juontajaksi | website = mtvuutiset.fi | date =  26 August 2020 | language = fi | access-date = 29 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.is.fi/mm-futis/art-2000009257701.html | title = Suomen televisioon tuli intohimoinen muutos – ”Katsoja syö silmillään esiintyjiä” | website = [[Ilta-Sanomat]] | first =  Ari | last = Virtanen | date = 10 December 2022 | language = fi | access-date = 29 February 2024}}</ref> In May 2023, Pasanen worked as a studio host in 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekon-mm-2023/a/c1aa8e9f-1551-4162-8a1a-c686ccbf710e | title = Maikkarin studioisäntä teki jyrkän muutoksen: ”Minussa on aina ollut pieni kapinallinen” | website = [[Iltalehti]] | date = 21 May 2023 | language = fi | access-date = 29 February 2024 | first = Santtu | last = Silvennoinen}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His son [[Samuel Pasanen]] is also a professional footballer, playing for [[FC Lahti]] in [[Veikkausliiga]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirvonen |first= Juho |date=25 November 2022|title=Jotain tuttua! Toisen polven suomalaislupaus Ajaxin testattavana|url=https://www.suomifutis.com/2022/11/jotain-tuttua-toisen-polven-suomalaislupaus-ajaxin-testattavana/|website=Suomifutis |language=fi|access-date=2 October 2023 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref>{{NFT|2385|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cups
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FC Kuusysi|Kuusysi]]
|[[1996 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1|1996]]
|[[Ykkönen]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FC Lahti|Lahti]]
|1997
|Ykkönen
|15||0||0||0||0||0||15||0
|-
|1998
|Ykkönen
|15||1||0||0||0||0||15||1
|-
|[[1999 Veikkausliiga|1999]]
|[[Veikkausliiga]]
|27||0||0||0||0||0||27||0
|-
|[[2000 Veikkausliiga|2000]]
|Veikkausliiga
|15||1||0||0||0||0||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!72!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!72!!2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Hämeenlinna|Hämeenlinna]] (loan)
|1997
|Ykkönen
|4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0
|-
|1998
|Ykkönen
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|[[2000–01 Eredivisie|2000–01]]
|[[Eredivisie]]
|29||4||0||0||0||0||29||4
|-
|[[2001–02 Eredivisie|2001–02]]
|Eredivisie
|1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Eredivisie|2002–03]]
|Eredivisie
|22||3||0||0||0||0||22||3
|-
|[[2003–04 Eredivisie|2003–04]]
|Eredivisie
|7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!59!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!59!!7
|-
|[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] (loan)
|[[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]]
|[[Premier League]]
|12||0||0||0||0||0||12||0
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|23||1||0||0||0||0||23||1
|-
|[[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]]
|Bundesliga
|17||0||0||0||5||0||23||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
|Bundesliga
|17||0||0||0||2||0||19||0
|-
|[[2007–08 Bundesliga|2007–08]]
|Bundesliga
|28||2||0||0||8||0||36||2
|-
|[[2008–09 Bundesliga|2008–09]]
|Bundesliga
|16||0||0||0||5||0||21||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Bundesliga|2009–10]]
|Bundesliga
|19||0||4||1||10||0||33||1
|-
|[[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]]
|Bundesliga
|24||0||1||0||7||0||32||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!144!!3!!5!!1!!37!!0!!186!!4
|-
|[[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]
|[[2011–12 Austrian Football Championship|2011–12]]
|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|18||0||3||0||11||0||32||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]]
|[[2012–13 Danish Superliga|2012–13]]
|[[Danish Superliga|Superliga]]
|23||1||1||0||0||0||24||1
|-
|[[2013–14 Danish Superliga|2013–14]]
|Superliga
|21||1||0||0||0||0||21||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!44!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!45!!2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Lahti|Lahti]]
|[[2014 Veikkausliiga|2014]]
|Veikkausliiga
|11||1||1||0||0||0||12||1
|-
|[[2015 Veikkausliiga|2015]]
|Veikkausliiga
|19||0||5||0||2||0||26||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!30!!1!!6!!0!!2!!0!!38!!1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!386!!15!!15!!1!!50!!0!!451!!16
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="palloliitto.fi">{{cite web | url = http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten-maajoukkue/pelaajat/petri-pasanen | title = Pasanen Petri | language = Finnish | publisher = palloliitto.fi | accessdate = 6 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="14"|[[Finland national football team|Finland]]
|2000||1||0
|-
|2001||5||0
|-
|2002||5||1
|-
|2003||6||0
|-
|2004||8||0
|-
|2005||3||0
|-
|2006||7||0
|-
|2007||10||0
|-
|2008||3||0
|-
|2009||9||0
|-
|2010||5||0
|-
|2011||5||0
|-
|2012||3||0
|-
|2013||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!76!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Pasanen goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ International goal scored by Petri Pasanen
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 22 May 2002 || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Helsingin olympiastadion]], [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{fb|LAT}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Ajax'''<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/petri-pasanen/2020/ | title = P. Pasanen | publisher = Soccerway | access-date = 28 October 2015}}</ref>
*[[Eredivisie]]: [[2001–02 Eredivisie|2001–02]]
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[2001–02 KNVB Cup|2001–02]]
*[[Johan Cruijff Shield]]: 2002

'''Werder Bremen'''<ref name="Soccerway"/>
*[[DFB Ligapokal]]: 2006
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2008–09 DFB-Pokal|2008–09]]
* [[UEFA Cup]] Runner-up: [[2008–09 UEFA Cup|2008–09]]

'''Red Bull Salzburg'''<ref name="Soccerway"/>
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]: [[2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2011–12]]
* [[Austrian Cup]]: [[2011–12 Austrian Cup|2011–12]]

'''Individual'''
*2008: Finnish Sports Journalists footballer of the year<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/maajoukkueet/petri-pasanen-palaa-fc-lahteen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528111012/http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/maajoukkueet/petri-pasanen-palaa-fc-lahteen|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2014|title=Petri Pasanen palaa FC Lahteen|date=27 May 2014|accessdate=17 February 2015|publisher=Palloliitto|language=Finnish}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{UEFA|34056}}
* {{FIFA|182653}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{Fussballdaten|pasanenpetri|Petri Pasanen}}
* {{ESPN FC|4694}}

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