Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 September 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Mombasa, Kenya | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Odd | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
SiPS | |||
–2019 | KuPS | ||
2019–2021 | Nordsjælland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | KuFu-98 | 20 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Nordsjælland | 0 | (0) |
2021 | KuFu-98 | 8 | (1) |
2022 | KuPS II | 9 | (3) |
2022–2023 | KuPS | 7 | (0) |
2023 | → AC Oulu (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2024– | Odd | 2 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Finland U17 | 12 | (0) |
2019 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Finland U19 | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Finland U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Finland U21 | 9 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Tony Miettinen (born 23 September 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Odd and the Finland under-21 national team.
Miettinen started to play football in Finland with SiPS in Siilinjärvi. Later he joined the youth sector of the Veikkausliiga side KuPS in a nearby city of Kuopio.[1]
Miettinen made his senior debut in 2018 with KuFu-98, the reserve team of KuPS, and played with the team in 2018 and 2019 in the third-tier league Kakkonen.
In August 2019, Danish club Nordsjælland announced the signing of Miettinen to their youth academy, for an undisclosed fee.[2] He mostly played for the club's under-19 academy team,[3] but made one appearance with the first team, as a substitute in a Danish Cup match against Hvidovre IF, on 12 November 2020.[4]
Two years later, he returned to KuPS after his contract expired with Nordsjælland in August 2021.[5]
Miettinen represented KuPS in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers, scoring a goal in away win against Milsami Orhei on 28 July 2022.[6][7]
2023; AC Oulu (loan)
In the beginning of the 2023 season, Miettinen was sent on loan to a fellow Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu on a short contract.[8][9][10] He scored his first goal in the league with AC Oulu, in a 4–1 away win against SJK, on 27 June 2023.[11][12] Miettinen returned to KuPS after his three-month loan deal ended on 16 July 2023.[13]
On 6 February 2024, Miettinen joined Norwegian Eliteserien side Odds Ballklubb (Odd) on a deal until 31 July 2027, for a transfer fee of €180,000.[14][15] He officially debuted with his new club on 31 March 2024, in a 2024 Eliteserien season opening game against FK Haugesund, scoring a goal for Odd in a 2–1 loss.[16]
Miettinen is a regular Finnish youth international, having represented the country at various youth national team levels. Since March 2023, Miettinen has played for the Finland under-21 national team.[17]
Miettinen was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and raised in Siilinjärvi, Finland, since the age of ten.[18]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KuFu-98 | 2018 | Kakkonen | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2019 | Kakkonen | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Nordsjælland | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
KuFu-98 | 2021 | Kakkonen | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
KuPS II | 2022 | Kakkonen | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||
KuPS | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | ||
AC Oulu (loan) | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
Odd | 2024 | Eliteserien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
Career total | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 7 |
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