Akim Sairinen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Akim Saeed Sairinen | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Ristiina, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TPS | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MP | |||
| Fuengirola Los Boliches | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | MiKi | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | MP | 69 | (4) |
| 2016 | EIF | 27 | (0) |
| 2017 | Gjøvik-Lyn | 25 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Tammeka | 72 | (5) |
| 2020 | Florø | 12 | (1) |
| 2021 | Dainava | 35 | (0) |
| 2022 | PIF | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Panargiakos | ? | (?) |
| 2024 | Lynx | 10 | (0) |
| 2024 | MP | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | TPS | 31 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026 | |||
Akim Saeed Sairinen (born 22 May 1994) is a Finnish professional football defender, playing for Veikkausliiga side TPS.
Career
Sairinen played in a youth sector of his hometown club Mikkelin Palloilijat since he was five years old.[1][2] Later in his teens, he lived briefly in Fuengirola, Spain, with his mother and played football there. After returning to Finland, he made his senior debut with MP's associate team Mikkelin Kissat in fourth-tier Kolmonen in 2012. With MP first team, Sairinen played two seasons in third-tier Kakkonen and one season in second-tier Ykkönen, followed by another Ykkönen season with Ekenäs IF in 2016, before moving to Gjøvik-Lyn in Norway in 2017.[3]
During 2018 and 2019, he played for JK Tammeka in Estonian premier division Meistriliiga,[4][5] before returning to Norway to sign with Florø SK for the 2020 season.
In 2021, Sairinen played for Lithuanian club FK Dainava in top-tier A Lyga. In the early 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with second-tier club Pargas IF.[6]
In January 2023, he moved to Greece and signed with Panargiakos in Gamma Ethniki for the rest of the 2022–23 season.
In January 2024, Sairinen signed with Lynx, playing in Gibraltar Football League, country's top-tier league.[7]
On 22 August 2024, Sairinen returned to Finland and signed with his former club MP for the remainder of the season.
On 28 February 2025, he joined TPS in second-tier Ykkösliiga. Sairinen scored his first goal for TPS on 2 May, in a 6–0 away win against JäPS.
Career statistics
- As of 1 July 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MiKi | 2012 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| MP | 2013 | Kakkonen | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Kakkonen | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Ykkönen | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4 | ||
| Ekenäs IF | 2016 | Ykkönen | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| Gjøvik-Lyn | 2017 | 3. divisjon | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| Tammeka | 2018 | Meistriliiga | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | |
| 2019 | Meistriliiga | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| Total | 72 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 6 | ||
| Florø | 2020 | 2. divisjon | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| Dainava | 2021 | A Lyga | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
| Pargas IF | 2022 | Ykkönen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Panargiakos | 2022–23 | Gamma Ethniki | ||||||||
| Lynx | 2023–24 | Gibraltar Football League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| MP | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| TPS | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6[b] | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Career total | 297 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 319 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Cup, Estonian Cup, Lithuanian Cup and Gibraltar Rock Cup
- ↑ Includes Ykkösliigacup
References
- ↑ Niskanen, Ville (May 7, 2022). "MP:n kasvatti Akim Sairinen palasi Ykköseen viiden kauden jälkeen – miehen tähtäin on yhä ulkomailla". Länsi-Savo.
- ↑ "Sairinen jatkaa MP:ssä". Länsi-Savo. March 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Akim Sairisen peliura jatkuu ulkomailla — suunnaksi Norjan Gjøvik". Länsi-Savo. April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Mikkeliläinen Akim Sairinen pelaa ammatikseen jalkapalloa Virossa — "Kentällä on vähän sellaista itäeurooppalaista mentaliteettia, että pelataan kovaa ja ehkä vähän sikaakin välillä"". Länsi-Savo. May 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Sopimuksettoman pelaajan arkea: "Epätietoisuus on stressaavaa"". Jpy.fi. January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Pargas IF Fotboll". www.piffootball.fi.
- ↑ Akim Sairinen at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
External links
- Akim Sairinen at Soccerway
- Akim Sairinen at WorldFootball.net
- Akim Sairinen at Football Association of Finland
- Akim Sairinen at Norwegian Football Federation
- Living people
- 1994 births
- People from Ristiina
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- A Lyga players
- Meistriliiga players
- Gibraltar Premier Division players
- Gamma Ethniki players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Ykkösliiga players
- Mikkelin Kissat players
- Mikkelin Palloilijat players
- UD Fuengirola Los Boliches players
- Ekenäs IF players
- Pargas Idrottsförening players
- Tartu JK Tammeka players
- Panargiakos F.C. players
- Lynx F.C. players
- FK Dainava Alytus players
- Florø SK players
- SK Gjøvik-Lyn players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar