Tatu Miettunen
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Mänttä, Finland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2000 | Valo | ||
2001–2014 | Ilves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Ilves | 255 | (13) |
2014 | → Ilves-Kissat (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016 | Finland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024 |
Tatu Miettunen (born 24 April 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Finnish premier division club Ilves.
Early career
[edit]Born in Mänttä, Miettunen moved to Pirkkala when he was five years old.[1] He played in the youth sectors of Valo and Ilves.
Club career
[edit]Miettunen debuted with Ilves first team in the second-tier Ykkönen in the 2014 season. After the promotion to top-tier Veikkausliiga for the 2015 season, Miettunen stayed with the club.
He is the captain of his team.[2]
Honours
[edit]Ilves
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 31 July 2024.[3]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ilves | 2014 | Ykkönen | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | |||
2015 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
2017 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 2 | |||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 34 | 2 | ||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 2 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 34 | 4 | |||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
2021 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | |||
2022 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
Total | 255 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 319 | 19 | ||
Ilves-Kissat (loan) | 2014 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
Career total | 257 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 321 | 19 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ a b c d e Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
References
[edit]- ^ Ilveksen kapteeni Tatu Miettunen nautti elämästään Pirkkalassa – ”Futiskentällä oltiin siihen saakka, kunnes äiti illalla käski kotiin nukkumaan”, pirkkalainen.fi, 15 July 2023
- ^ Tatu Miettunen jatkaa joukkueen kapteenina, ilvesfootball.com, 30 March 2023
- ^ Tatu Miettunen, Finnish FA
External links
[edit]- Tatu Miettunen at Soccerway
- (in Finnish) Profile at Veikkausliiga's website