Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Kaarina, Finland | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cracovia | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
KaaPo | |||
–2010 | Inter Turku | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2021 | Inter Turku | 95 | (2) |
2022 | Klubi 04 | 1 | (0) |
2022 | HJK | 21 | (3) |
2023– | Cracovia | 37 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Finland U20 | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Finland | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 |
Arttu Hoskonen (born 16 April 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Cracovia and the Finland national team.
Born in Kaarina, Hoskonen started playing football in the youth sector of local club Kaarinan Pojat (KaaPo), [2] and joined Inter Turku when aged 13. [3]
He started his professional career in 2016 with Inter Turku first team, and ultimately spent six seasons with the club in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga. [4] [5]
On 8 November 2021, Hoskonen signed a two-year contract with reigning champions HJK Helsinki, starting in 2022. [6] [7] [8] He suffered an injury in the early 2022, but after recovering, he made 21 appearances in the league, scoring three goals. [9] During his lone season with HJK, he also made 13 appearances in the club's 2022–23 European campaign, representing HJK in the UEFA Europa League group stage in all six matches. [10] [11]
On 23 January 2023, Hoskonen joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Cracovia on a two-and-a-half year contract, for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be €250,000. [12] [11] [13] He debuted in Ekstraklasa on 17 February 2023, in a win against Stal Mielec. [14] In the next game on 25 February 2023, Hoskonen scored his first goal in the league, in a 2–1 home loss against Piast Gliwice. [14]
Hoskonen made his international debut with Finland senior national team on 17 November 2022, in a friendly match against North Macedonia. [15]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Inter Turku | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 95 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 4 | ||
HJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 36 | 3 |
Klubi 04 | 2022 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Cracovia | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
Career total | 154 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 200 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | |||
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 |
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