Lasse Karjalainen

Lasse Karjalainen (born 22 October 1974) is a Finnish former footballer. He was born in Sweden but spent most of his childhood at Pori, Finland.

Lasse Karjalainen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-10-22) 22 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Botkyrka, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
–1990	PPT Pori
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	FC Jazz	62	(0)
1995–2005	FC Haka	240	(11)
2006	FC PoPa	24	(4)
Total		326	(5)
International career
1994–2002	Finland	15	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karjalainen played 14 seasons in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga for FC Jazz and FC Haka.^[1] He capped 15 times for the Finland national team.^[2] Karjalainen is the player with most Finnish Championship titles.

Honors

• Finnish Championship: 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
• Finnish Cup: 1997, 2002, 2005
• Finnish League Cup: 1995