Niilo Mäenpää

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Niilo Mäenpää
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Hämeenlinna, Finland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IFK Mariehamn
Number 21
Youth career
FC Hämeenlinna
2015 FC Haka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 FC Hämeenlinna 6 (0)
2015–2018 FC Haka 66 (4)
2018–2019 Inter Turku 38 (1)
2020– IFK Mariehamn 47 (2)
National team
2013–2014 Finland U16
2014–2015 Finland U17 10 (1)
2016 Finland U18 8 (3)
2015–2017 Finland U19 9 (0)
2019–2020 Finland U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Niilo Mäenpää (born 14 January 1998) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga.[1]

Career[]

Hämeenlinna[]

Mäenpää started his senior career with the club, making his first competitive appearance on 23 May 2014 in a 1-0 home victory in the league over Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat.[2] He was subbed on for Juho Saarinen in the 68th minute.

Haka[]

In January 2015, Mäenpää moved to Ykkönen club FC Haka. He made his league debut for the club on 2 May 2015, playing all ninety minutes in a 2-2 away draw with JJK.[3] He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 2 August 2015 in a 4-3 away victory in the league over MP.[4] His goal, scored in the 69th minute, made the score 4-1 to Haka.

Inter Turku[]

In November 2017, Mäenpää moved to Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku, arriving alongside Mikko Kuningas.[5] He made his league debut for the club on 7 April 2018 in a 2-0 away defeat to VPS, playing 63 minutes before being subbed off, to be replaced by Arttu Hoskonen.[6]

IFK Mariehamn[]

On 28 November 2019 it was confirmed, that Mäenpää would join IFK Mariehamn from the 2020 season, signing a deal until the end of 2021.[7]

Warta Poznań[]

On 22 December 2021, Mäenpää penned a two-and-a-half-year deal with Polish Ekstraklasa club Warta Poznań, effective from 1 February 2022.[8]

Personal life[]

Mäenpää's twin brother Aapo is also a professional footballer.[9] The two played together in their early years at Hämeenlinna and Haka, before reuniting at Mariehamm beginning in 2020.

Honours[]

Inter Turku

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Finland – N. Mäenpää – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Hameenlinna vs. I-Kissat – 23 May 2014 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Haka vs. JJK – 2 May 2015 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ^ "MP vs. Haka – 2 August 2015 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Mikko Kuningas ja Niilo Mäenpää siirtyvät FC Interiin". fcinter.fi (in Finnish). 3 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ^ "VPS vs. Inter Turku – 7 April 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ^ IFK Mariehamnissa ensi kaudella kaksi Mäenpäätä, veikkausliiga.com, 28 November 2019
  8. ^ "Niilo Mäenpää będzie piłkarzem Warty Poznań" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ "For the first time, the miracle duo of Finnish football Niilo and Aapo, 19, play apart: "It's different to be alone now"". yle.fi (in Finnish). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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