Arttu Heinonen

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Arttu Heinonen
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Oulu, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
KuPS
Number 17
Youth career
–2019 KuPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 PK-37 11 (3)
2018–2021 KuFu-98 34 (19)
2019–2021 KuPS 28 (1)
2022 Lahti 19 (1)
2022Reipas Lahti 1 (0)
2023– KuPS 58 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025

Arttu Heinonen (born 22 April 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.

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Club career

Heinonen played in the youth sector of Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS), and debuted in the senior level in 2017 with associate club PK-37 in the third-tier Kakkonen. In 2019, Heinonen won the Finnish championship title with KuPS first team, and in 2021 they were crowned the Finnish Cup champions. He played in the KuPS organisation until the end of 2021, when he joined a fellow Veikkausliiga club FC Lahti for the 2022 season.

After a lone year in Lahti, Heinonen returned to KuPS. [1] [2] [3] [4] On 20 October 2023, he signed a two-year extension with the club until the end of 2025. [5] In September 2024, Heinonen and KuPS won the Finnish Cup title, and in late October they won the Finnish championship title, completing the club's first-ever double.

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PK-37 2017 Kakkonen 113113
KuFu-98 2018Kakkonen124124
2019Kakkonen159159
2020 Kakkonen6565
2021Kakkonen1111
Total34190000003419
KuPS 2019 Veikkausliiga 80000080
2020 Veikkausliiga70601 [c] 0140
2021 Veikkausliiga131513 [d] 0212
Total2811110040432
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga1913030251
Reipas Lahti 2022Kakkonen1010
KuPS 2023 Veikkausliiga20530302 [d] 0285
2024 Veikkausliiga23550613 [d] 1377
2025 Veikkausliiga0000100010
Total431080101516612
Career total136342211319118037

Honours

KuPS

References