Miika Niemi

Last updated
Miika Niemi
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Vaasa, Finland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Full back
Team information
Current team
VPS
Number 23
Youth career
VPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2015 VPS 17 (0)
2015Kiisto (loan) 8 (0)
2016 VIFK 22 (0)
2017 AC Kajaani 20 (0)
2018–2019 VIFK 44 (1)
2020– VPS 111 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2025

Miika Niemi (born 4 March 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Veikkausliiga club VPS.

Contents

Career

Niemi is a product of the youth program of Vaasan Palloseura, [1] [2] [3] and made his Veikkausliiga debut in the 2012 season. He left the club in 2015 to join another local club Kiisto on loan. He represented Kiisto, VIFK and AC Kajaani, before returning to his former club VPS for the 2020 season in the second tier Ykkönen. Next year they won the Ykkönen title and were promoted back to top-tier Veikkausliiga. On 24 October 2023, Niemi extended his contract with VPS until the end of 2025. [4]

Career statistics

As of 2 June 2025 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VPS 2011 Veikkausliiga 00000000
2012 Veikkausliiga20000000
2013 Veikkausliiga20002040
2014 Veikkausliiga90104000120
2015 Veikkausliiga6010501 [c] 0130
Total1902011010330
Kiisto (loan) 2015 Kakkonen 8080
VIFK 2016 Kakkonen22000220
AC Kajaani 2017 Kakkonen20000200
VIFK 2018Kakkonen22000220
2019Kakkonen221221
Total441000000441
Kiisto 2019 Kolmonen 00101020
VPS 2020 Ykkönen 205070
2021Ykkönen27120291
2022 Veikkausliiga2813030341
2023 Veikkausliiga1801020210
2024 Veikkausliiga24120502 [d] 0331
2025 Veikkausliiga402050110
Total1033150150201353
VPS Akatemia2022Kolmonen1010
2023Kolmonen1010
Total2000000020
Career total2184180270302664

Honours

VPS

References