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 25)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Triestina
Number 9
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 35 (8)
2023 → Athens Kallithea (loan) 3 (0)
International career
Finland U19
Finland U21 4 [2] (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025

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

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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] 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]

International career

Vertainen is a former Finnish youth international. [5]

Career statistics

As of 2 February 2025 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] OtherEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2016 Kakkonen 130–––130
2017 Kakkonen211131––2412
2018 Ykkönen 62–––62
2020 Kakkonen10–––10
Total41133100004414
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 1010–0020
2018 Veikkausliiga19453–3 [b] 0277
2019 Veikkausliiga25231–2 [c] 0303
2020 Veikkausliiga12251––173
Total57814500507613
Ilves 2021 Veikkausliiga11430––144
St Johnstone 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 70001 [d] 0–80
Linfield (loan) 2021–22 NIFL Premiership 104–––104
2022–23 NIFL Premiership3017107 [e] 25 [f] 04319
Total40211072505323
Triestina 2023–24 Serie C 133–2 [g] 0–153
2024–25 Serie C225001 [h] 0–235
Total358003000388
Athens Kallithea (loan) 2023–24 Super League Greece 2 3000––30
Career total1945421611210023662

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  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.
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