Eetu Vertainen | |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1999 |
Height: | 1.89m[1] |
Position: | Striker |
Currentclub: | Triestina |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Youthclubs1: | KyIF |
Youthclubs2: | HJK |
Years1: | 2016–2020 |
Clubs1: | Klubi 04 |
Caps1: | 41 |
Goals1: | 13 |
Years2: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs2: | HJK |
Caps2: | 57 |
Goals2: | 8 |
Years3: | 2021 |
Clubs3: | Ilves |
Caps3: | 11 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs4: | St Johnstone |
Caps4: | 7 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022 |
Clubs5: | → Linfield (loan) |
Caps5: | 10 |
Goals5: | 4 |
Years6: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs6: | → Linfield (loan) |
Caps6: | 30 |
Goals6: | 17 |
Years7: | 2023– |
Clubs7: | Triestina |
Caps7: | 13 |
Goals7: | 3 |
Years8: | 2023 |
Clubs8: | → Athens Kallithea (loan) |
Caps8: | 3 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Nationalteam1: | Finland U19 |
Nationalteam2: | Finland U21 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4[2] |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 28 April 2024 |
Eetu Vertainen (born 11 May 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Triestina.
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.
Vertainen signed a two-year contract with Scottish club St Johnstone on 1 September 2021.[5] [6]
He moved on loan to NIFL Premiership club Linfield on 7 February 2022.[7] On 19 March, he scored four goals in a 5–0 league win over Dungannon Swifts.[8] [9]
On 30 June, his loan deal with the Northern Irish team was extended.[10] [11] Following his performances, he was named the league's Player of the Month and won the Goal of the Month award for December 2022.[12] In January 2023, he scored hat-tricks in successive league matches.[13] [14] Later in the same season, he was the subject of speculation about a permanent transfer to Linfield,[15] as well as links to Welsh club The New Saints.[16]
On 1 September 2023, Vertainen joined Serie C club Triestina on a permanent deal.[17] [18] Since Triestina were unable to register him on time, 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.[19] [20] 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.[21]
Vertainen is a former Finnish youth international.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Klubi 04 | 2016 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
2017 | Kakkonen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 12 | ||||
2018 | Ykkönen | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | |||||
2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 41 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14 | |||
HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | – | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||||
Total | 57 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 13 | |||
Ilves | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
St Johnstone | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
Linfield (loan) | 2021–22 | NIFL Premiership | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | ||||
2022–23 | NIFL Premiership | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 19 | ||
Total | 40 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 23 | |||
Triestina | 2023–24 | Serie C | 13 | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 15 | 3 | |||
2024–25 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
Athens Kallithea (loan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 172 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 214 | 57 |