Santeri Haarala
 Haarala with Ilves in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Tampere, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ilves | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Ilves | 20 | (0) |
| 2018 | → HJS (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2019 | RoPS | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | RoPS II | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ilves II | 5 | (8) |
| 2020 | TPS | 13 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | KuPS | 39 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Ilves | 43 | (18) |
| 2024–2026 | Djurgården | 23 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Degerfors (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2026– | HJK | 2 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 | |||
Santeri Haarala (born 17 December 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1]
Career
On 7 August 2019, Haarala left Ilves to join a fellow Veikkausliiga club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) on a contract for the rest of 2019.[2] He suffered a groin injury and managed to play only one game with the first team before a surgery. His contract was not extended and left the club at the end of the year.[3] Eventually, his recovery from the injury lasted almost eight months.[4]
After a short spell with the reserve team of his former club Ilves in the third-tier Kakkonen, Haarala joined Veikkausliiga club TPS in August 2020 on a deal for the rest of the season.[5]
During 2021–2022, Haarala played for Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura, where he won two Finnish Cup titles.[1]
Haarala returned to his former club Ilves for the 2023 season, and helped Ilves to win the 2023 Finnish Cup title.[6] On 29 February 2024 he signed a new three-year deal with the club.[7]
On 22 August 2024, Haarala joined Allsvenskan club Djurgården on a three-and-a-half-year contract,[8] for an undisclosed fee.[9][10][11] Three days later, in his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården, Haarala provided an assist to a winning goal, in a 1–0 away win over Sirius.[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September, in a 2–1 win over BK Häcken.[13] On 12 May 2025, after failing to contribute to the scoresheet for months, Haarala was a main contributor for Djurgården's 2–1 away win against IFK Göteborg, providing the assist for his team's first goal and later scoring the game winner, when playing his first full 90 minutes in the 2025 Allsvenskan season.[14][15]
In the summer 2026, Haarala moved back to Finland to play for HJK signing a long-term contract.[16]
International career
Haarala was never part of Finland youth national teams at any age level.[4]
On 2 September 2024, he received his first call-up to the Finland senior national team by the head coach Markku Kanerva, as a replacement to Daniel Håkans, for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B matches against Greece and England.[17]
Personal life
Haarala meditates frequently in his everyday life.[18]
Career statistics
- As of 1 May 2025[19]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ilves II | 2016 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Kolmonen | 20 | 7 | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | ||||
| 2018 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | ||
| Ilves | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| HJS (loan) | 2018 | Kakkonen | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | |||
| RoPS | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| RoPS II | 2019 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ilves II | 2020 | Kakkonen | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | |||
| TPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | |||
| KuPS | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | – | 6[d] | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 8 | ||
| Ilves | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4[d] | 1 | 28 | 18 | |
| Total | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 29 | ||
| Djurgården | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5[d] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Allsvenskan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 5[d] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 178 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 238 | 63 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Svenska Cupen
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 4 5 Includes UEFA Conference League
Honours
KuPS
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2021,[1] 2022[1]
- Finnish Cup: 2021,[1] 2022[1]
Ilves
Individual
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Santeri Haarala at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ↑ Santeri Haarala siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan, ilvesedustus.fi, 7 August 2019
- ↑ Huuhkajia tarttui haaviin, tuleeko vielä lisää? Veikkausliigan vilkas siirtoikkuna sulkeutumassa, is.fi, 7 December 2019
- 1 2 Ilveksen Santeri Haaralan uratarina on niin opettava, että se pitäisi kertoa jokaiselle junioripelaajalle, Apu Aitio, 1 August 2024
- ↑ SANTERI HAARALA VAHVISTAMAAN TPS:N HYÖKKÄYSPÄÄTÄ, fc.tps.fi, 14 August 2020
- ↑ Ilves voitti Suomen cupin!, Ilta-Sanomat, 30 September 2023
- ↑ "SANTERI HAARALA JATKAA ILVEKSESSÄ VUOTEEN 2026 ULOTTUVALLA SOPIMUKSELLA". ilvesedustus.fi. Ilves. 29 February 2024.
- ↑ VÄLKOMMEN SANTERI HAARALA!, dif.se, 22 August 2024
- ↑ Santeri Haarala siirtyy Djurgårdens IF:ään – Ilves saa hyökkääjästä merkittävän siirtokorvauksen, ilvesfootball.com, 22 August 2024
- ↑ Saaga on ohi: Santeri Haarala lähtee Ruotsiin – Ilves-pomo tyrmää ruotsalaisväitteet siirtokorvauksesta, Aamulehti, 22 August 2024
- ↑ MTV Urheilun tiedot: Ilves-tähti kaupattiin kovalla siirtosummalla Ruotsiin, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, Eetu Ikola, 22 August 2024
- ↑ Santeri Haarala säväytti heti Ruotsissa – voitto tuli hämmentävästä tuomarivirheestä huolimatta, Aamulehti, 25 August 2024
- ↑ Santeri Haarala avasi maalihanat Ruotsin pääsarjassa, Yle, 19 September 2024
- ↑ Ruotsissa kritisoidulta suomalaishyökkääjältä karu paljastus vaikeuksistaan: "Kaksi tuntia lentokoneen vessassa", mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 13 May 2025
- ↑ Katso: Santeri Haarala iski Djurgårdenin voittomaalin, suomifutis.com, 13 May 2025
- ↑ "Santeri Haarala pitkällä sopimuksella Klubiin" [Santeri Haarala joins the Club on a long-term contract] (in Finnish). HJK. 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Håkans sivuun Huuhkajista – Haarala joukkueeseen". Palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ↑ Meditaatio ja kynsilakka tuovat hyvää oloa Ilveksen tähdelle – rakkaan tokaisu jäi Santeri Haaralalle mieleen, Aamulehti, 4 April 2024
- ↑ Santeri Haarala stats, Finnish FA
- ↑ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
- ↑ Koplajoukkue 2024 nimetty - jalkapallotoimittajien valinnat vuoden parhaiksi palkitaan lauantaina, veikkausliiga.com, 19 October 2024
- ↑ Ilveksen Santeri Haarala Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 2 August 2024
External links
- Santeri Haarala at WorldFootball.net
- Santeri Haarala at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Footballers from Tampere
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football wingers
- Ilves (football) players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Turun Palloseura footballers
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kakkonen players
- Kolmonen players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Degerfors IF players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Allsvenskan players