Miko Virtanen

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Miko Virtanen
Personnel
birthday January 29, 1999
place of birth Tampere ,  Finland
size 181 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
2003-2011 Tampereen Pallo-Veikot
2011-2017 Everton FC
2017-2019 Aberdeen FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2019– Aberdeen FC 0 (0)
2019-2020 →  FC Arbroath  (loan) 20 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2016 Finland U17 2 (0)
2017-2018 Finland U19 10 (0)
2019 Finland U21 5 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 14, 2020

Miko Virtanen (born January 29, 1999 in Tampere ) is a Finnish football player who is under contract with FC Aberdeen .

Career

society

Miko Virtanen began his career at the age of four in his Finnish hometown near Tampereen Pallo-Veikot . He played for the club from south-western Finland until 2011. He impressed at an international youth tournament in 2011, after which he and his family moved to Liverpool , England, at the age of 13 . Virtanen played from then on for the next six years in the youth academy of Everton FC . Here he learned the Scouse , an English dialect that is only spoken around the city of Liverpool.

He left Everton FC in July 2017 and was without a club for the next four months. After a successful trial session, he was signed to the Scottish first division club FC Aberdeen in November 2017 . With the signing of the contract, he was hoping to be appointed to the squad of the Finnish U-19 national team for the European Championship in his home country.

After he had played in the U-20 team of the "Dons" in the following time, he was awarded in August 2019 to the Scottish second division club FC Arbroath . He made his professional debut on September 21, 2019 in the away game at Tannadice Park against Dundee United . For the newcomer, he completed a total of 20 league games in the 2019/20 season, which was prematurely canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

National team

Miko Virtanen played twice in the Finnish U-17 in 2016 . A year later he made his debut in the U-19 national team , with which he took part in the European Championship in his home country in 2018 . He was used three times in the group stage. In 2019 Virtanen played five more games in the U21 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Aberdeen: Miko Virtanen eyes Euro finals place after Everton exit. BBC Sport, November 2, 2017, accessed June 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Virtanen, Miko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland