Mikko Kavén

Mikko Kavén
	Kavén with TamU in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Mikko Juhani Kavén
Date of birth	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
1994–1996	Kuusysi
1997–1998	HJK
1998–1999	Motherwell
1999–2000	Vålerenga
2001–2010	Tampere United
International career‡
2000– 2007	Finland
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] In 1998, he was part of the HJK squad that qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Kavén played 15 times for Finnish national team before retiring from international games in January 2008.

As of 1 September 2024.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}		League cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	30	0
	2003	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	32	0
	2004	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	32	0
	2005	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	32	0
	2006	Veikkausliiga	24	0	–		–		4^{[lower-alpha 5]}	0	28	0
	2007	Veikkausliiga	26	0	1	0	–		8^{[lower-alpha 6]}	0	35	0
	2008	Veikkausliiga	26	0	1	0	–		4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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

Tampere United

HJK

Individual

↑ 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