Jussi Niska

Jussi Niska
Personal information
Full name Jussi Erkki Niska[1]
Date of birth (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002
Place of birth Rovaniemi, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Inter Turku
Number 2
Youth career
FC Santa Claus
–2019 RoPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 RoPS II 7 (0)
2020–2021 RoPS 36 (0)
2022– Inter Turku 113 (7)
International career‡
2018 Finland U16 2 (0)
2018 Finland U17 4 (0)
2023–2025 Finland U21 8 (0)
2025– Finland 1 (0)
Medal record
RoPS
Second placeYkkönen2021
Inter Turku
Second placeFinnish League Cup2022
Second placeFinnish Cup2022
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025

Jussi Erkki Niska (born 15 August 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku and the Finland national team.[2]

Club career

RoPS

Born in Rovaniemi, Niska played for the youth teams of FC Lynx, who later became part of FC Santa Claus,[3] and RoPS. He debuted in Veikkausliiga for the RoPS first team on 2 July 2020 at the age of 17, in a 3–1 away defeat against Inter Turku.[4]

After RoPS got relegated in 2020, Niska stayed with the club in Ykkönen in the 2021 season,[3] finishing 2nd in the division, but eventually falling short to AC Oulu in the promotion play-offs.[5][6]

FC Inter Turku

Niska signed a three-year deal with Inter Turku in Veikkausliiga on 23 December 2021,[7] after RoPS faced some serious financial difficulties and were relegated to Kakkonen. On 6 July 2022, Niska scored the winning goal as Inter Turku defeated Drita 1–0 in the 1st leg of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1st round qualifying match.[8][9] On 8 October 2024, his contract was extended for the 2025 with an option for 2026.[10]

International career

A regular Finnish youth international, Niska has represented Finland in various age brackets.[11]

Career statistics

As of 11 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RoPS II 2019 Kakkonen 60———60
2020 Kakkonen 10———10
Total 7000000070
RoPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 20050——250
2021 Ykkönen 16040——200
Total 360900000450
Inter Turku 2022 Veikkausliiga 21121602[c]1313
2023 Veikkausliiga 2202060—300
2024 Veikkausliiga 2406020—320
2025 Veikkausliiga 3151070–395
2026 Veikkausliiga 71006000131
Total 1057111270211459
Career total 1485221270211979

International

As of match played 18 November 2025
Finland
YearAppsGoals
202510
Total10

Honours

RoPS

Inter Turku

References

  1. ↑ Urheilukouluun valittiin 79 kesälajien urheilijaa lokakuun 2022 saapumiserään, intti.fi, 17 May 2022
  2. ↑ "Tehoja saisi tulla enemmän" - Jussi Niska noussut isoon rooliin Interissä, Veikkausliiga, 14 May 2022
  3. 1 2 Saukko, Markku (24 March 2021). "RoPS on nuori ja yhtä rovaniemeläinen kuin 1980-luvulla - 18-vuotias johtohahmo Jussi Niska tähtää RoPSin kanssa takaisin Liigaan ja sitten Eurooppaan". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Inter RoPS, Veikkausliiga
  5. ↑ REF soccerway
  6. ↑ AC Oulu säilytti sarjapaikkansa – RoPS-hyökkääjä ei sulattanut joukkuekaverin ulosajoa: "Se oli tuomarivirhe", Yle, Hinni Hirvonen, 7 November 2021
  7. ↑ JUSSI NISKA JA LUKA KUITTINEN PITKILLÄ SOPIMUKSILLA FC INTERIIN, Inter Turku
  8. ↑ Inter Turku (FIN) 1 - 0 Drita (KOS), UEFA
  9. ↑ Laine, Rauno (2022-07-06). "Jussi Niska ratkaisi Turun Interin voiton Europelien avauksessa". Lapin Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  10. ↑ Jussi Niska jatkaa Interin puolustuksessa, fcinter.fi, 8 October 2024
  11. ↑ "Interin Jussi Niska innolla Pikkuhuuhkajiin. "Valinnasta saa luottamusta omaan tekemiseen"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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