Vertti Hänninen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kajaani, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SJK | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | RoPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | RoPS II | 14 | (2) |
| 2021 | RoPS | 29 | (9) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK II | 16 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Džiugas (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Gnistan | 37 | (10) |
| 2026– | SJK | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Finland U20 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 February 2024 | |||
Vertti Hänninen (born 1 June 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club SJK.
Club career
Hänninen was raised in Rovaniemi and started playing football in a local club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS). He made his senior debut with the club's reserve team in the fourth-tier Kolmonen in 2018.[1]
On 13 December 2021, Hänninen signed with Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK), starting in the 2022 season.[2] On 4 July 2023, he was loaned out to Džiugas Telšiai in Lithuanian A Lyga for the rest of the season,[3][4] but managed to make only two league appearances for the club due to injury.[5] After his loan deal had ended, it was announced in the end of December that Hänninen would not continue with SJK.[6]
On 18 January 2024, Hänninen joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club IF Gnistan.[7] On 6 April, in the opening game of the season, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 home win against Inter Turku, but was injured later during the match and missed the next 12 league games. On 17 February 2025, he signed a two-year contract extension.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 26 July 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RoPS II | 2018 | Kolmonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 16 | 3 | |||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| RoPS | 2021 | Ykkönen | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 10 | ||
| SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Džiugas (loan) | 2023 | A Lyga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gnistan | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 20 | 6 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 19 | 5 | ||
| 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | ||
| SJK | 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 110 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 28 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
- 1 2 Tulospalvelu Palloliitto Vertti Hänninen, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
- ↑ Vertti Hänninen RoPS:sta Seinäjoelle, sjk.fi, 13 December 2021
- ↑ Vertti Hänninen lainasopimuksella Liettuaan, sjk.fi, 4 July 2023
- ↑ SJK:n Vertti Hänninen lainasopimuksella Liettuaan, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 4 July 2023
- ↑ Tulevaisuus hämärän peitossa – Loukkaantumisista toipunut Vertti Hänninen toivoo terveyttä ja peliaikaa, Lapin Kansa, 10 October 2023
- ↑ Hänninen ja Jalonen eivät jatka Seinäjoella, sjk.fi, 21 December 2023
- ↑ VERTTI HÄNNINEN GNISTANIN PAITAAN, ifgnistan.fi, 18 January 2024
- ↑ VERTTI HÄNNINEN JA GABRIEL EUROPAEUS JATKOSOPIMUKSEEN IF GNISTANIN KANSSA, gnistan.fi, 17 February 2025
External links
- Vertti Hänninen at Soccerway
- Vertti Hänninen at WorldFootball.net
- Living people
- 2002 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kakkonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- SJK Akatemia players
- FC Džiugas Telšiai players
- IF Gnistan players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Sportspeople from Kajaani
- Kolmonen players
- A Lyga players
- Footballers from Rovaniemi