Akim Sairinen

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. 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.

During 2018 and 2019, he played for JK Tammeka in Estonian premier division Meistriliiga, 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.

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.

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.

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