| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1994 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | VPS | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Kiisto (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.
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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VPS | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Kiisto (loan) | 2015 | Kakkonen | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| VIFK | 2016 | Kakkonen | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| AC Kajaani | 2017 | Kakkonen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| VIFK | 2018 | Kakkonen | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 22 | 1 | – | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Kiisto | 2019 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| VPS | 2020 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Ykkönen | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 103 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 3 | ||
| VPS Akatemia | 2022 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 218 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 266 | 4 | ||
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