Eetu Vertainen

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Eetu Vertainen
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Vertainen with HJK in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 24)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Triestina
Number 99
Youth career
KyIF
HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Klubi 04 41 (13)
2017–2020 HJK 57 (8)
2021 Ilves 11 (4)
2021–2023 St Johnstone 7 (0)
2022 → Linfield (loan) 10 (4)
2022–2023 → Linfield (loan) 30 (17)
2023– Triestina 12 (2)
2023 → Athens Kallithea (loan) 3 (0)
International career
Finland U19
Finland U21 4 [2] (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024

Eetu Vertainen (born 11 May 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie C club Triestina.

Career

Vertainen began his youth career with KyIF, before joining the academy of HJK at the age of 11. [3] [4] He started his senior career with Klubi 04, before playing for HJK and Ilves in the Veikkausliiga. [5]

Vertainen signed a two-year contract with Scottish club St Johnstone on 1 September 2021. [6] [7]

He moved on loan to NIFL Premiership club Linfield on 7 February 2022. [8] On 19 March, he scored four goals in a 5–0 league win over Dungannon Swifts. [9] [10]

On 30 June, his loan deal with the Northern Irish team was extended. [11] [12] Following his performances, he was named the league's Player of the Month and won the Goal of the Month award for December 2022. [13] In January 2023, he scored hat-tricks in successive league matches. [14] [15] Later in the same season, he was the subject of speculation about a permanent transfer to Linfield, [16] as well as links to Welsh club The New Saints. [17]

On 1 September 2023, Vertainen joined Serie C club Triestina on a permanent deal. [18] [19] Since Triestina were unable to register him on time, [20] on 11 September he was loaned to Super League Greece 2 club Athens Kallithea until the end of the year, with an option to extend the deal for the rest of the 2023–24 season. [20] [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile" (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
  3. ↑ "KRISTALLINKIRKAS TAVOITE" (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Eetu Vertaiselle jatkosopimus". Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (in Finnish). 10 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Eetu Vertainen at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Eetu Vertainen Signs 2 Year Deal". St Johnstone Football Club . 1 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, Matthew (1 September 2021). "Finnish striker Eetu Vertainen has "loads of potential", says Callum Davidson". Daily Record .
  8. ↑ "St Johnstone loan Eetu Vertainen to Linfield". FourFourTwo. 7 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Four-goal Vertainen can still improve – Healy". BBC Sport . 19 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Irish League Round-Up: Eetu Vertainen to the four as Linfield stay top with Cliftonville keeping in touch after win at Glenavon". Belfast Telegraph . 19 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Eetu Vertainen moves to Linfield on loan". St Johnstone Football Club. 30 June 2022.
  12. ↑ Fullerton, Gareth (30 June 2022). "Linfield announce the return of striker Eetu Vertainen". BelfastLive .
  13. ↑ "Eetu Vertainen: Player and goal of the month award for St Johnstone loan striker". Daily Record. 6 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Linfield captain Jamie Mulgrew hails hat-trick hero Eetu Vertainen as Blues boost title hopes in style with victory over Ballymena United". Belfast Telegraph . 21 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Linfield must improve record against title rivals, admits Ross Oliver after striker Eetu Vertainen's second consecutive hat-trick helps Blues rout Portadown". Belfast Telegraph . 28 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Finnish striker Eetu Vertainen ponders permanent Linfield switch". Belfast Telegraph . 7 February 2023.
  17. ↑ Nicolson, Eric (2 February 2023). "Eetu Vertainen: Welsh champions TNS battling Linfield to sign St Johnstone striker in summer". The Courier .
  18. ↑ "Eetu Vertainen firma con la Triestina". US Triestina Calcio. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "MTV Urheilun tiedot: Suomalaistykki teki sopimuksen Italiaan". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  20. 1 2 Ikola, Ertu (11 September 2023). "Yllättävä käänne, Italiaan siirtynyt suomalaishyökkääjä joutui heti vaihtamaan maisemaa". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). MTV Finland . Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  21. ↑ "Eetu Vertainen joins Athens Kallithea FC". Athens Kallithea FC. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.


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