Miko Aarne Virtanen (born 29 January 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Hamilton Academical. He has previously played for Aberdeen and Arbroath.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miko Aarne Virtanen[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Finland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hamilton Academical | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2017 | Everton | ||
2017–2019 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Aberdeen | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Arbroath (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Arbroath (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2021– | Hamilton Academical | 15 | (0) |
National team | |||
2018 | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Finland U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:02, 2 April 2022 (UTC) |
Virtanen and his family moved to England when he was 13 years old after impressing Everton during an international youth tournament.[2]
On 2 November 2017, it was announced that Virtanen had joined Aberdeen until the end of the season after a successful trial with the club. He said upon signing that he hoped joining Aberdeen would help him secure his place in the Finland squad at the following year's Euro Under-19 finals.[2]
On 29 August 2019, Virtanen moved to Arbroath on a season long loan.[3] He made his debut on 28 September 2019, in a 2–1 away loss against Dundee United in the Scottish Championship.[4] He was again loaned to Arbroath in September 2020,[5] until he was recalled by Aberdeen in January.[6]
In August 2021 he signed for Hamilton Academical.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen U21 | 2018–19 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
2019–20 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Aberdeen | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Arbroath (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2020–21 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Career total | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Hamilton Academical F.C. – current squad | |
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