Mikko Pitkänen (born 2 January 1997) 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 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

AC Oulu AC Oulu is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu, currently playing in Finland's premier division, ''Veikkausliiga''. Formed in 2002, the club have played six seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons ...

, as a defender.

Career

Pitkänen started his career in his hometown club

Kuopion Palloseura Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium. KuPS ha ...

(KuPS), making his

debut with KuPS first team in the 2014 season.Mikko Pitkänen siirtyy Vepsuun
vepsu.fi, 5 January 2021 On 29 December 2019,

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 ...

side

AC Kajaani AC Kajaani was a association football, football club from Kajaani, Finland. The club was formed in 2006 after the merger of FC Tarmo and Kajaanin Palloilijat (KaPa). Their home ground was Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto. The men's football first team la ...

confirmed that they had signed Pitkänen on a contract for the 2020 season. On 5 January 2021, Pitkänen joined Ykkönen side

Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matc ...

(VPS). They went on to win the Ykkönen title and were promoted to Veikkausliiga for the 2022 season and his deal was extended. On 31 October 2024, Veikkausliiga club

announced the signing of Pitkänen for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, with an option for 2027.

Career statistics

Mikko Pitkänen stats
Finnish FA

Honours

VPS *

: 2021

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitkanen, Mikko 1997 births Living people Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Kuopion Palloseura players SC Kuopio Futis-98 players IF Gnistan players AC Kajaani players Vaasan Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Kuopio