Petri Viljanen is a Finnish football referee and retired football player.

Petri Viljanen
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Pori, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–1999 TOVE
2000–2004 FC Jazz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 FC PoPa 69 (0)
2006–2009 FC Haka 70 (0)
2010–2011 FC PoPa 41 (3)
2012 TOVE 3 (0)
International career
2007–2009 Finland U-21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2014

Player career

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He played four seasons in the Finnish top division Veikkausliiga and won the Finnish Cup with his side FC Haka in 2005. Viljanen was a member of the Finnish squad in the 2009 UEFA U-21 Championship.

Referee

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Viljanen made his Finnish premier division debut in June 2014 by officiating the match between FC Inter and MYPA.[1] In July he was nominated as one of the referees of the 2014 Nordic Under-17 Football Championship in Denmark.[2]

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Petun ensiesiintyminen Veikkausliigassa! Porin Erotuomarit, 29 June 2014. (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Mens Under-17 National Teams – Open Nordic Tournament 2014 Danish Football Association. Retrieved 30 July 2014.