Mikko Kavén

Mikko Kavén

Kavén with TamU in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Mikko Juhani Kavén
Date of birth	(1975-02-19) 19 February 1975
Place of birth	Lahti, Finland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	Kuusysi	62	(0)
1997–1998	HJK	10	(0)
1998–1999	Motherwell	16	(0)
1999–2000	Vålerenga	7	(0)
2001–2010	Tampere United	231	(0)
International career‡
2000– 2007	Finland	15	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2022	Ilves (gk coach)
2014	Finland U20 (gk coach)
2018–2022	Finland U21 (gk coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.

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.

In 1998, he was part of the HJK squad that qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

International career

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

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League cup		Europe		Total
		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	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	0	30	0
	2003	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6	0	32	0
	2004	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6	0	32	0
	2005	Veikkausliiga	26	0	–		–		6	0	32	0
	2006	Veikkausliiga	24	0	–		–		4	0	28	0
	2007	Veikkausliiga	26	0	1	0	–		8	0	35	0
	2008	Veikkausliiga	26	0	1	0	–		4	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

Honours

Tampere United

• Veikkausliiga: 2001, 2006, 2007
• Finnish Cup: 2007

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 1997

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006

References

• Mikko Kavén at National-Football-Teams.com