Miro Tenho
Tenho with TPS in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Kaarina, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Djurgården
Number 5
Youth career
KaaNa[2]
KaaPo[2]
PiPS[2]
0000–2012 FC Kaarina
2013 TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Åbo IFK 13 (1)
2014–2018 TPS 135 (1)
2019 Inter Turku 24 (1)
2020–2023 HJK 75 (8)
2024– Djurgården 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– Finland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022

Miro Tenho (born 2 April 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan team Djurgården and the Finland national team.[3]

Career

Born in Kaarina, Tenho played in various youth teams in Kaarina and Turku area, before starting his senior career with Åbo IFK in 2013, playing in the third-tier league Kakkonen.[4]

TPS and Inter Turku

Next season he joined Turun Palloseura (TPS) first team for the 2014 Veikkausliiga season.[5] In the end of the 2018 season, TPS were once again relegated back to Ykkönen, and Tenho joined the local rival Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku on 3 January 2019,[6] after having represented TPS for five seasons.[7] Tenho played 31 games and scored twice for Inter Turku in all competitions combined, before leaving at the end of the year.

HJK Helsinki

HJK Helsinki confirmed on 4 November 2019, that Tenho would join the club for the 2020 season, signing a deal until the end of 2021.[8] He extended his contract with HJK on 28 June 2021, signing a deal until the end of the 2023 season.[9] Since the beginning of 2022, Tenho was the captain of the HJK team.[10][11] Tenho represented HJK in the group stages of UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Europa League in three consecutive seasons between 2021 and 2023.[12][13][14]

Djurgårdens IF

On 20 December 2023, it was announced that Tenho departed from HJK and had signed with Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgården on a three-year deal, on a free transfer.[15][16]

International career

Tenho received his first call up to the Finland senior national team in November 2021 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina and France, as a replacement for Juhani Ojala, but remained an unused substitute.[17]

He made his national team debut on 26 March 2022, in a 1–1 friendly draw against Iceland.[18] Tenho made his competitive international debut on 14 June 2022, in a 3–2 away loss to Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B.[19] In addition, Tenho made his third international appearance on 19 November 2023, in a 4–0 home win against Northern Ireland, in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 November 2023[21][22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ÅIFK 2013 Kakkonen 13 1 — — — 13 1
TPS 2014 Veikkausliiga 31 1 1 0 2[b] 0 — 34 1
2015 Ykkönen 24 0 3 1 — — 27 1
2016 21 0 2 0 — — 23 0
2017 26 0 5 2 — — 31 2
2018 Veikkausliiga 33 0 5 0 — — 38 0
Total 135 1 16 3 2 0 0 0 153 4
Inter Turku 2019 Veikkausliiga 24 1 5 1 — 2[c] 0 31 2
HJK 2020 Veikkausliiga 14 1 8 0 — — 22 1
2021 24 2 5 0 — 12[d] 1 41 3
2022 21 2 2 0 3[b] 0 10[e] 0 36 2
2023 16 3 1 0 3[b] 0 12[d] 0 32 3
Total 75 8 36 4 6 0 36 1 133 9
Djurgården 2024 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 247 11 44 4 8 0 36 1 335 17
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 17 November 2023[23]
Finland
Year Apps Goals
2022 2[a] 0
2023 1[b] 0
Total 3 0
  1. ^ Includes one appearance in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and one friendly match
  2. ^ Includes 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Club

HJK Helsinki[24]

Inter Turku

TPS

Individual

References

  1. ^ Miro Tenho, Difensore, Turun Palloseura, goalnoise.com
  2. ^ a b c Kaarinan Pojat - Kunnon KaaPolainen taitaa -kunniagalleria, kaapo.fi
  3. ^ Miro Tenho at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ Ei enää pelkkä Miro vaan, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 23 September 2022
  5. ^ PELAAJAKORTTI 2018: MIRO TENHO – #15, fctps.fi, 5 April 2018
  6. ^ Miro Tenho siirtyy FC Interiin, fcinter.fi, 3 January 2019
  7. ^ Miro Tenho siirtyy TPS:sta Interiin, Aamuset, 3 January 2019
  8. ^ Klubille uusi toppari, hjk.fi, 4 November 2019
  9. ^ Jatkosopimus: Miro Tenho!, hjk.fi, 28 June 2021
  10. ^ Kapteeni Miro Tenho pelasti HJK:n – uusi päävalmentaja oli sivussa, Helsingin Sanomat, Heikki Miettinen, 22 July 2023
  11. ^ Kapteeni Miro Tenho antoi arvostusta valmentajalle: ”Mestaruus on ansaitusti meidän”, Helsingin Sanomat, Janne Oivio, 21 October 2023
  12. ^ HJK kohtaa tärkeässä europelissä Maccabin – Miro Tenho valmiina Huuhkajiin, jos kutsu käy: ”Jokaisen futarin tavoite”, suomifutis.com, 20 October 2021
  13. ^ Vastenmielinen olosuhde kiukuttaa HJK:n eurovastustajia – näin valtavasta edusta on kyse: "Näytti siltä, etteivät he osaa edes juosta", MTV Oy/ mtvuutiset.fi, 6 October 2022
  14. ^ HJK korkkasi pistetilinsä europeleissä, Iltasanomat, 6 October 2023
  15. ^ Kiitos, kapteeni!, hjk.fi, 20 December 2023
  16. ^ VÄLKOMMEN MIRO TENHO!, dif.se, 20 December 2023
  17. ^ Miro Tenho korvaa Juhani Ojalan Huuhkajissa, Aamulehti, 7 November 2021
  18. ^ Teemu Pukin hieno maali oli valopilkku – Huuhkajat nuhjasi nihkeän tasapelin, Iltalehti, 26 March 2022
  19. ^ Huuhkajille kirvelevä tappio – Bosniassa nähtiin hämmentävä kaaos, Iltalehti, Markku Saarinen, 14 June 2022
  20. ^ Huuhkajat palasi voittokantaan tylyllä esityksellä! Suomi tyrmäsi Pohjois-Irlannin 4–0 – tässä kooste, Yle, Samu Saatsi, Mika Halonen, 19 November 2023
  21. ^ "Miro Tenho". flashscore.
  22. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto M.Tenho, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
  23. ^ "Miro Tenho". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  24. ^ M.Tenho
  25. ^ Liimatta, Ville (1 December 2023). "Vuoden 2022 Captain's Ball: Kaikki voittajat ja palkitut kootusti". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.

External links

Djurgårdens IF – current squad
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