Mikko Viitikko

Mikko Viitikko
Viitikko with VPS in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Mikko Ville Olavi Viitikko
Date of birth (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 PPJ Lauttasaari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Klubi 04 43 (3)
2014 HJK 3 (0)
2015–2017 VPS 53 (0)
2018 Fredrikstad 1 (0)
2019–2021 Lahti 65 (1)
2022–2024 Trelleborg 28 (0)
2024 → Lahti (loan) 21 (0)
2025– PPJ Lauttasaari 0 (0)
International career‡
2011 Finland U17 2 (0)
2013 Finland U19 3 (0)
2016 Finland U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2023

Mikko Ville Olavi Viitikko (born 18 April 1995) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for PPJ Lauttasaari in Kolmonen.

Club career

Viitikko comes from the youth academies of HJK Helsinki. HJK promoted Viitikko to their reserve team Klubi 04 for the 2011 season.

Viitikko made his first appearance in Veikkausliiga on 2 August 2014, paying for HJK in a 1–0 victory against Myllykosken Pallo-47 . He was included in the starting eleven in that match and played full 90 minutes.

In November 2014, Viitikko signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Vaasan Palloseura.

In 2018, Viitikko signed for Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK. After a year in Norway, Viitikko came back to Finland to play for Lahti.

On 4 February 2022, Viitikko signed a contract with Trelleborg in Sweden until 2025, for a transfer fee of around €100,000.

On 20 November 2023, Viitikko was loaned out to FC Lahti for the 2024 season. At the end of the season, Lahti was relegated and Viitikko's loan deal ended. Eventually he ended also his professional career due to lack of motivation and turned into a car salesman.

In 2025, he joined PPJ/Lauttasaari, an amateur team of PPJ in Lauttasaari neighbourhood, competing in the fifth-tier Kolmonen.

International career

Viitikko was a Finnish youth international.

Career statistics

As of 27 October 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2012 Kakkonen 13020––150
2013 Kakkonen 23220––252
2014 Kakkonen 61–––61
Total 423400000463
HJK Helsinki 2014 Veikkausliiga 3010–0040
VPS 2015 Veikkausliiga 140105010210
2016 Veikkausliiga 1402030–190
2017 Veikkausliiga 25060–40350
Total 530908050750
Fredrikstad 2018 2. divisjon 1000––10
Fredrikstad 2 2018 4. divisjon 130–––130
Lahti 2019 Veikkausliiga 24060––300
2020 Veikkausliiga 21171––282
2021 Veikkausliiga 21010––220
Total 6611410000802
Trelleborg 2022 Superettan 17010––180
2023 Superettan 11040––150
Total 280500000330
Lahti (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 2103050–290
PPJ Lauttasaari 2025 Kolmonen 0000––00
Career total 2274261130502715

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mikko Viitikko at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Mikko Viitikko Palloverkko-sivustolla
  3. ↑ Palloverkko
  4. ↑ "VPS".
  5. ↑ "Mikko Viitikko jatkaa uraansa Norjassa".
  6. ↑ "Mikko Viitikko Norjasta Lahteen".
  7. ↑ "Välkommen Mikko Viitikko" (Press release) (in Swedish). Trelleborg. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ FC Lahden toppari Mikko Viitikko siirtyy Ruotsiin – FC Lahti hankkii siirtokorvauksella kaksi korvaavaa pelaajaa, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, 4 February 2022
  9. ↑ Mikko Viitikko siirtyy Ruotsiin: "Maksoivat minusta hyvin FC Lahdelle", suomifutis.com, 4 February 2022
  10. ↑ Mikko Viitikko siirtyy Ruotsiin - "FC Lahdesta jää paljon hyviä muistoja", Veikkausliiga, 4 February 2022
  11. ↑ MIKKO VIITIKKO LÅNAS UT TILL FC LAHTI, trelleborgsff.se, 20 November 2023
  12. ↑ Mikko Viitikko löysi itsestään autokauppiaan, kun puhelin ei enää soinut: "Olen tehnyt muutamia kauppojakin", Helsingin Sanomat, 23 May 2025
  13. ↑ PPJ LAUTTASAAREN JOUKKUE ON VALMIS KAUDELLE 2025, ppj lauttasaari
  14. ↑ Mikko Viitikko stats, Finnish FA
  15. ↑ Mikko Viitikko stats, Norwegian FA