Väinö Vehkonen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lahti | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | JJK | ||
| 2018–2020 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | JJK | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Klubi 04 | 36 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | MP | 51 | (8) |
| 2024 | EIF | 22 | (2) |
| 2025 | Inter Turku | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | Lahti | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U18 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 December 2023 | |||
Väinö Vehkonen (born 23 July 2001) is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club Lahti.
Career
Vehkonen started to play football in a youth sector of JJK Jyväskylä. He started his senior career in 2018 when JJK played in the second-tier Ykkönen, additionally making five appearances with JJK reserve team in the fourth-tier Kolmonen, scoring once.[1] In January 2019, he transferred to HJK Helsinki organisation, and spent three seasons with the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in Kakkonen and Ykkönen.[2]
Vehkonen represented Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in second-tier Ykkönen for two seasons, in 2022–2023.[3]
In December 2023, Vehkonen signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF (EIF) for the 2024 season.[4][5][6][7] He scored his first goal for EIF on 11 February 2024, in a Finnish League Cup loss against Inter Turku.[8] Vehkonen scored his first goal in Veikkausliiga on 2 June 2024, in a 2–1 home loss against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).[9]
On 3 December 2024, Vehkonen signed with Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 31 March 2025.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JJK | 2018 | Ykkönen | 15 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| JJK II | 2018 | Kolmonen | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| Klubi 04 | 2019 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Ykkönen | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| MP | 2022 | Ykkönen | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 5 | ||
| Total | 51 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7 | ||
| Ekenäs IF | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | 32 | 5 | |
| Inter Turku | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 129 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 13 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup and Ykköscup
Honours
Inter Turku
- Finnish League Cup: 2025
Klubi 04
Individual
References
- 1 2 Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, V.Vehkonen, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
- ↑ VÄINÖ VEHKOSEN UUSI OSOITE ON HJK!, jjk.fi, 7 January 2019
- ↑ Puolustaja Väinö Vehkonen on saanut MP:n riveissä varmuutta pelaamiseen – "Tuntuu, että pelaan nykyään fiksummin", lansi-savo.fi, Hanna Knaappila, 12 January 2023
- ↑ EIF värvar den lovande försvararen Väinö Vehkonen, Svenska Yle, Veronica Westerlund, 4 December 2023
- ↑ Mittbacken Väinö Vehkonen förstärker EIF, Västra Nyland, Jesper Sundström, 4 December 2023
- ↑ MITTBACK FRÅN MP I ST:MICHEL – VEHKONEN, EIF, 4 December 2023
- ↑ EIF vahvistaa puolustustaan – Väinö Vehkonen siirtyy MP:sta, Veikkausliiga, 4 December 2023
- ↑ EIF VS. INTER TURKU 1 - 3, int.soccerway.com
- ↑ Pikkuseura piinasi sarjakakkosta – Sitten alkoi käsittämätön tapahtumasarja, Iltalehti, 2 June 2024
- ↑ Väinö Vehkonen vahvistamaan Interin toppariosastoa, fcinter.fi, 3 January 2025
- ↑ EDUSTUS: Väinö Vehkonen Ykkösen toukokuun pelaaja, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi
- ↑ Väinö Vehkonen on Ykkösen toukokuun pelaaja, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto, 3 June 2023
External links
- Väinö Vehkonen at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- JJK Jyväskylä players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- Mikkelin Palloilijat players
- Ekenäs IF players
- FC Inter Turku players
- FC Lahti players
- Finland men's youth international footballers