Santeri Haarala

Finnish footballer (born 1999)
Santeri Haarala
Haarala with Ilves in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Tampere, Finland[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Ilves
Number 29
Youth career
Ilves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Ilves 20 (0)
2018 → HJS (loan) 7 (2)
2019 RoPS 1 (0)
2019 RoPS II 1 (0)
2020 Ilves II 5 (8)
2020 TPS 13 (4)
2021–2022 KuPS 39 (4)
2023– Ilves 43 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024

Santeri Haarala (born 17 December 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ilves in the Veikkausliiga.[1]

Career

On 7 August 2019, Haarala left Ilves to join a fellow Veikkausliiga club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) on a contract for the rest of 2019.[2] He suffered a groin injury and managed to play only one game with the first team before a surgery. His contract was not extended and left the club at the end of the year.[3] Eventually, his recovery from the injury lasted almost eight months.[4]

After a short spell with the reserve team of his former club Ilves in the third-tier Kakkonen, Haarala joined Veikkausliiga club Turun Palloseura (TPS) in August 2020 on a deal for the rest of the season.[5]

After a two-year stint with Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Veikkausliiga, Haarala returned to his former club Ilves for the 2023 season, and on 29 February 2024 he signed a new three-year deal with the club.[6]

Career statistics

As of 12 August 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ilves II 2016 Kolmonen 2 0 – – – 2 0
2017 Kolmonen 20 7 – – – 20 7
2018 Kolmonen 0 0 – – – 0 0
2019 Kakkonen 8 2 – – – 8 2
Total 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 9
Ilves 2017 Veikkausliiga 1 0 – – – 1 0
2018 Veikkausliiga 19 0 4 1 – 1[c] 0 24 1
2019 Veikkausliiga 0 0 3 0 – – 3 0
Total 20 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 28 1
HJS (loan) 2018 Kakkonen 7 2 – – – 7 2
RoPS 2019 Veikkausliiga 1 0 – – – 1 0
RoPS II 2019 Kakkonen 1 1 – – – 1 1
Ilves II 2020 Kakkonen 5 8 – – – 5 8
TPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 15 4 – – – 15 4
KuPS 2021 Veikkausliiga 25 4 6 4 – 6[d] 0 37 8
2022 Veikkausliiga 14 0 3 0 2 0 2[d] 0 21 0
Total 39 4 9 4 2 0 8 0 57 8
Ilves 2023 Veikkausliiga 26 8 6 3 4 0 – 36 11
2024 Veikkausliiga 17 10 1 2 6 5 3[d] 1 27 18
Total 43 18 7 5 10 5 3 1 63 29
Career total 161 46 23 10 12 5 12 1 208 61
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c Includes UEFA Conference League

Honours

KuPS

Ilves

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2023[8]
  • Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: July 2024[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Santeri Haarala at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ Santeri Haarala siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan, ilvesedustus.fi, 7 August 2019
  3. ^ Huuhkajia tarttui haaviin, tuleeko vielä lisää? Veikkausliigan vilkas siirtoikkuna sulkeutumassa, is.fi, 7 December 2019
  4. ^ Ilveksen Santeri Haaralan uratarina on niin opettava, että se pitäisi kertoa jokaiselle junioripelaajalle, Apu Aitio, 1 August 2024
  5. ^ SANTERI HAARALA VAHVISTAMAAN TPS:N HYÖKKÄYSPÄÄTÄ, fc.tps.fi, 14 August 2020
  6. ^ "SANTERI HAARALA JATKAA ILVEKSESSÄ VUOTEEN 2026 ULOTTUVALLA SOPIMUKSELLA". ilvesedustus.fi. Ilves. 29 February 2024.
  7. ^ Santeri Haarala stats, Finnish FA
  8. ^ Toimittajat äänestivät: Tässä on Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue, Iltalehti, 21 October 2023
  9. ^ Ilveksen Santeri Haarala Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 2 August 2024
  • Santeri Haarala at WorldFootball.net
  • Santeri Haarala at Soccerway
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