Mikko Kavén
Finnish footballer (born 1975)
 Kavén with TamU in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikko Juhani Kavén | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-02-19) 19 February 1975 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Lahti, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Kuusysi | 62 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | HJK | 10 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Motherwell | 16 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Vålerenga | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2010 | Tampere United | 231 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000– 2007 | Finland | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2022 | Ilves (gk coach) | ||
| 2014 | Finland U20 (gk coach) | ||
| 2018–2022 | Finland U21 (gk coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 November 2009 | |||
Mikko Juhani Kavén (born 19 February 1975) is a retired Finnish football goalkeeper who used to play for Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga.
He is currently acting as goalkeeping coach in Veikkausliiga side Ilves.[1]
Club career
Kavén has also played for Kuusysi and HJK Helsinki in Finland and for Motherwell F.C. in Scotland and Vålerenga I.F. in Norway.[2]
International career
Kavén played 15 times for Finnish national team before retiring from international games in January 2008.
Career statistics
- As of 1 September 2024.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kuusysi | 1994 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 1996 | Ykkönen | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| HJK | 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Motherwell | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Vålerenga | 1999 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Tippeligaen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Tampere United | 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[d] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 6[e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | – | – | 4[e] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8[f] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 243 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 291 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 332 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 383 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
Honours
Tampere United
- Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007
- Finnish Cup: 2007
HJK
- Veikkausliiga: 1997
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
References
- ^ Ilveksen valmennusryhmä kasassa Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Tongue, Steve (4 March 1999). "Football: Chelsea plan to overcome Olsen obstacle". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ Mikko Kavén stats, Finnish FA
- Mikko Kavén at National-Football-Teams.com
