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Date of birth | 15 August 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rovaniemi, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Inter Turku | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
FC Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||
FC Santa Claus | ||||||||||||||||||||
–2019 | RoPS | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | RoPS II | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | RoPS | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2022– | Inter Turku | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Finland U16 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Finland U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Finland U21 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Jussi Niska (born 15 August 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku and the Finland U21 national team.[1]
Born in Rovaniemi, Niska played for the youth teams of FC Lynx, FC Santa Claus,[2] and RoPS. He debuted in Veikkausliiga for the RoPS first team on 2 July 2020 at the age of 17, in a 3–1 away defeat against Inter Turku.[3]
After RoPS got relegated in 2020, Niska stayed with the club in Ykkönen in the 2021 season,[2] finishing 2nd in the division, but eventually falling short to AC Oulu in the promotion play-offs.[4][5]
Niska signed a three-year deal with Inter Turku in Veikkausliiga on 23 December 2021,[6] after RoPS faced some serious financial difficulties and were relegated to Kakkonen.
On 6 July 2022, Niska scored the winning goal as Inter Turku defeated Drita 1–0 in the 1st leg of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1st round qualifying match.[7][8]
A regular Finnish youth international, Niska has represented Finland in various age brackets.[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
RoPS II | 2019 | Kakkonen | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
RoPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
2021 | Ykkönen | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Inter Turku | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 31 | 3 |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 3 | ||
Career total | 88 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 117 | 3 |
RoPS
Inter Turku