Artur Atarah (born 6 February 2005) is a Finnish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club Gnistan.

Club career

After starting his senior career with

Ekenäs IF Ekenäs Idrottsförening (abbreviated EIF or Ekenäs IF) is a sports club from Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently play ...

in second-tier

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

, Atarah signed a professional contract with SJK organisation on 7 August 2023. He left SJK in March 2025 and signed with

club

IF Gnistan IF Gnistan (''Kipinä'' in Finnish; ''The Spark'' in English), commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first tier of the Finnish le ...

Personal life

Atarah was born in Finland to a

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father and a Finnish mother.Artur Atarah klar för SJK
Västra Nyland, 8 August 2023

References

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Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland (, SPL; ) is the governing body of football (soccer), football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the Finland national football team, men's and Finland women's ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atarah, Artur Living people 2005 births Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football forwards Kolmonen players Ykkönen players Ykkösliiga players FC Viikingit players SJK Akatemia players Käpylän Pallo players FC Honka players Ekenäs IF players Finnish people of Ghanaian descent Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players IF Gnistan players Veikkausliiga players