Miko Virtanen
Miko Virtanen | ||
Personnel | ||
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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
- Miko Virtanen in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Miko Virtanen in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 | |
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SURNAME | Virtanen, Miko |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampere , Finland |