Hannu Patronen

Hannu Patronen (born 23 May 1984 in Järvenpää) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a centre back for Helsinki IFK. He has previously played as a defensive midfielder, and spent time with the Finnish side FC Honka, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF and Norwegian side Sogndal Fotball. Patronen has been capped at international level for Finland.

Hannu Patronen
Patronen with HJK in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Hannu Jarl Johannes Patronen
Date of birth (1984-05-23) 23 May 1984
Place of birth Järvenpää, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Helsinki IFK
Number 4
Youth career
FC Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 FC Honka 101 (7)
2008–2011 Helsingborgs IF 44 (2)
2012–2016 Sogndal 121 (8)
2017–2018 HJK Helsinki 35 (4)
2019– Helsinki IFK 0 (0)
National team
2011–2016 Finland 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2019

Career

He made 47 caps for his Finnish club side FC Honka before agreeing on a move to Allsvenskan outfit Helsingborgs IF on 12 July 2008. Patronen signed a 3,5 years long contract with the Swedes. Patronen made his debut with Helsingborg on 15 July 2008 at home against AIK and played for 90 minutes, when his new club won 2–1.

After playing 44 matches and scoring two goals in Allsvenskan with Helsingborg, Patronen was signed on a two-year contract by the Norwegian Tippeligaen side Sogndal ahead of the 2012 season as the replacement for Even Hovland, who had transferred to the reigning Tippeligaen champions Molde.[1] Patronen soon became an integral part of Sogndal's central defence, and he played 54 matches and scored two goals in Tippeligaen during his two first seasons with the club. After his two-year contract expired he signed a one-year extension with Sogndal, which kept him to the club to the end of the 2014 season.[2]

Patronen signed for Helsinki IFK 27 December 2018.[3]

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2008 Helsingborg Allsvenskan 15100151
2009 12000120
2010 11000110
2011 610061
2012 Sogndal Tippeligaen 28200282
2013 24120261
2014 22020240
2015 OBOS-ligaen 25400254
2016 Tippeligaen 22110231
Career Total 165105017010

References
  1. Dyregrov, Silje (24 January 2012). "Sogndal signerte Hovland-erstatter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. Løset, Oddleif (2 December 2013). "Forsvarsklippe forlengar med Sogndal". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. Hannu Patronen ja HIFK sopimukseen, hifkfotboll.fi, 27 December 2018


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