Jonas Lennart Portin (born 30 September 1986) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a defender.[1] Portin had represented Ascoli and Padova of Serie B, the second-tier league of football in Italy.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonas Lennart Portin | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Jakobstad, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Jaro | 82 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Ascoli | 34 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Padova | 19 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Padova (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Finland U19 | 11[citation needed] | (1) | |
| 0000–2009 | Finland U21 | 21[citation needed] | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2011 | |||
Portin started his senior career in Veikkausliiga team FF Jaro.[4] He made his debut at the senior level in 2005 with FF Jaro.[5] In 2006, he became a regular player in Jaro's starting eleven.
In 2009, he transferred to Serie B club Ascoli.[6][7][8]
On 31 August 2010 he was transferred from Ascoli to Padova[6] for €900,000 in co-ownership deal in 3-year contract.[9][10] Co-currently Ascoli signed Vasco Faísca for free.[10][11] and Marc Lewandowski in temporary deal.[12]
In August 2011 Padova acquired Portin outright for €450,000;[13] Gianluca Giovannini also moved to Ascoli for free.[13][14]
In June 2012, days before the closing of the financial year of Parma on 30 June (Padova ended the financial year on 31 December), Parma signed Portin in co-ownership deal for a nominal account value of €2 million,[15][16] in 3-year contract; co-currently Padova signed Niccolò Galli also in co-ownership deal for €2 million,[15][16] thus a pure player exchange deal. The deal boosted both club financially as well as benefit in the field.[nb 1]
Portin immediately returned to Padova in temporary deal. However Portin was forced to retire from playing football on 3 August 2012 following the discovery of a rare heart defect which could have been lifethreatening if he continued to play.[18][19][20] Portin's team honoured him on 25 August 2012 by displaying his shirt after a goal against Lanciano.[21]
Parma write-down the accounting value of Portin backdated to 2011–12 financial year, not fully but from €4 million to €2.667 million.[16] Despite Portin was retired, along with Galli, the two co-ownership deals were renewed technically on 20 June 2013.[22] On 30 June 2013 Portin finally released by Parma, which the club had to write down €1,777,778 on 30 June 2013 as well as bore an amortization cost of €888,889 in 2012–13 financial year. However it also counter-weight by the financial income of €2 million as Parma did not have to pay for the remain 50% registration rights.[23] However, it was yet another financial trick as Parma suffered a €2 million loss in 2013–14, as Padova never able to buy Galli outright for another €2 million cash.
Portin was also a member of Finland national under-21 football team.[24][25]
His older brother Jens is also a professional footballer, currently representing Gefle IF[26][27] in Sweden.
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