![]() Viitikko with VPS in 2015. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikko Ville Olavi Viitikko [1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | PPJ Lauttasaari | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Klubi 04 | 43 | (3) |
2014 | HJK | 3 | (0) |
2015–2017 | VPS | 53 | (0) |
2018 | Fredrikstad | 1 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Lahti | 65 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Trelleborg | 28 | (0) |
2024 | → Lahti (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2025– | PPJ Lauttasaari | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Finland U17 | 2 | (0) |
2013 | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Finland U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 |
Mikko Ville Olavi Viitikko (born 18 April 1995) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for PPJ Lauttasaari in Kolmonen.
Viitikko comes from the youth academies of HJK Helsinki. HJK promoted Viitikko to their reserve team Klubi 04 for the 2011 season. [1]
Viitikko made his first appearance in Veikkausliiga on 2 August 2014, paying for HJK in a 1–0 victory against Myllykosken Pallo-47 . [2] He was included in the starting eleven in that match and played full 90 minutes. [3]
In November 2014, Viitikko signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vaasan Palloseura. [4]
In 2018, Viitikko signed for Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK. [5] After a year in Norway, Viitikko came back to Finland to play for Lahti. [6]
On 4 February 2022, Viitikko signed a contract with Trelleborg in Sweden until 2025, [7] for a transfer fee of around €100,000. [8] [9] [10]
On 20 November 2023, Viitikko was loaned out to FC Lahti for the 2024 season. [11] At the end of the season, Lahti was relegated and Viitikko's loan deal ended. Eventually he ended also his professional career due to lack of motivation and turned into a car salesman. [12]
In 2025, he joined PPJ/Lauttasaari, an amateur team of PPJ in Lauttasaari neighbourhood, competing in the fifth-tier Kolmonen. [13]
Viitikko was a Finnish youth international. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Klubi 04 | 2012 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
2013 | Kakkonen | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 2 | |||
2014 | Kakkonen | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
Total | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | ||
HJK Helsinki | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
VPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 21 | 0 |
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 4 [c] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
Total | 53 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 0 | ||
Fredrikstad | 2018 | 2. divisjon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Fredrikstad 2 | 2018 | 4. divisjon | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
Lahti | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 2 | |||
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 66 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2 | ||
Trelleborg | 2022 | Superettan | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
2023 | Superettan | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Lahti (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
PPJ Lauttasaari | 2025 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 227 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 271 | 5 |