Tatu Miettunen

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Tatu Miettunen
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Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Mänttä, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Ilves
Number 16
Youth career
1999–2000 Valo
2001–2014 Ilves
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014– Ilves 259 (14)
2014Ilves-Kissat (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2016 Finland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2024

Tatu Miettunen (born 24 April 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Finnish premier division club Ilves.

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Early career

Born in Mänttä, Miettunen moved to Pirkkala when he was five years old. [1] He played in the youth sectors of Valo and Ilves.

Club career

Miettunen debuted with Ilves first team in the second-tier Ykkönen in the 2014 season. After the promotion to top-tier Veikkausliiga for the 2015 season, Miettunen stayed with the club.

He is the captain of his team. [2]

Career statistics

As of 27 August 2024. [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ilves 2014 Ykkönen 161161
2015 Veikkausliiga 210004 [lower-alpha 2] 0250
2016 Veikkausliiga321204 [lower-alpha 2] 0381
2017 Veikkausliiga29270362
2018 Veikkausliiga272502 [lower-alpha 3] 0342
2019 Veikkausliiga26282344
2020 Veikkausliiga180511 [lower-alpha 3] 0241
2021 Veikkausliiga24200242
2022 Veikkausliiga211204 [lower-alpha 2] 0271
2023 Veikkausliiga242635 [lower-alpha 2] 0355
2024 Veikkausliiga211104 [lower-alpha 4] 06 [lower-alpha 2] 0321
Total259143667023032520
Ilves-Kissat (loan) 2014 Kakkonen 2020
Career total261143667023032720

Honours

Ilves

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