Mikko Ville Olavi Viitikko (born 18 April 1995) is a Finnish

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who plays as a defender for PPJ Lauttasaari in Kolmonen.

Club career

Viitikko comes from the youth academies of

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

. HJK promoted Viitikko to their reserve team

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for the 2011 season. Viitikko made his first appearance in

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 ...

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 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 ...

. In 2018, Viitikko signed for Norwegian club

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. After a year in Norway, Viitikko came back to Finland to play for

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

. On 4 February 2022, Viitikko signed a contract with

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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

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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

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. In 2025, he joined PPJ/Lauttasaari, an amateur team of PPJ in

Lauttasaari Lauttasaari (; ) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is Finland's se ...

neighbourhood, competing in the fifth-tier

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

International career

Viitikko was a Finnish youth international.

Career statistics

Mikko Viitikko stats
Norwegian FA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viitikko, Mikko 1995 births Footballers from Helsinki Living people Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Klubi 04 players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Vaasan Palloseura players Fredrikstad FK players FC Lahti players Trelleborgs FF players Kakkonen players Veikkausliiga players Norwegian Second Division players Men's association football defenders Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Superettan players Pallo-Pojat Juniorit players