![]() Vertainen with HJK in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 May 1999 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 13 | (3) |
2023 | → Athens Kallithea (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career | |||
Finland U19 | |||
Finland U21 | 4 [2] | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 |
Eetu Vertainen (born 11 May 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie C club Triestina.
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] In January 2024, Vertainen returned to Triestina, and made his Serie C debut on 7 January 2024, as a starter in a match against Trento. [22]
Vertainen is a former Finnish youth international. [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Klubi 04 | 2016 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
2017 | Kakkonen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 12 | |||
2018 | Ykkönen | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||||
2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 41 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14 | ||
HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | – | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 27 | 7 | ||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
Total | 57 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 13 | ||
Ilves | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
St Johnstone | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
Linfield (loan) | 2021–22 | NIFL Premiership | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | |||
2022–23 | NIFL Premiership | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 [lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 5 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 43 | 19 | |
Total | 40 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 23 | ||
Triestina | 2023–24 | Serie C | 13 | 3 | – | 2 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | – | 15 | 3 | ||
Athens Kallithea (loan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 172 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 213 | 57 |
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