| Miko Virtanen | |
| Fullname: | Miko Aarne Virtanen[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Tampere, Finland |
| Height: | 1.88m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Alloa Athletic |
| Clubnumber: | 14 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | TPV |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Everton |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | Aberdeen |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Aberdeen |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Arbroath (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Arbroath (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Hamilton Academical |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | Cove Rangers |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023 - |
| Clubs6: | Alloa Athletic |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC) |
Miko Aarne Virtanen (born 29 January 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alloa Athletic. He has previously played for Aberdeen, Arbroath, Hamilton Academical and Cove Rangers.
Virtanen started playing football in Tampere, Finland for local team TPV.[2] He and his family moved to England when he was 13 years old after impressing Everton during an international youth tournament.
On 2 November 2017, it was announced that Virtanen had joined Aberdeen until the end of the season after a successful trial with the club. He said upon signing that he hoped joining Aberdeen would help him secure his place in the Finland squad at the following year's Euro Under-19 finals.[3]
On 29 August 2019, Virtanen moved to Arbroath on a season long loan.[4] He made his debut on 28 September 2019, in a 2–1 away defeat against Dundee United in the Scottish Championship.[5] He was again loaned to Arbroath in September 2020,[6] until recalled by Aberdeen in January.[7]
In August 2021 he signed for Hamilton Academical.[8] After making 24 appearances and scoring 1 goal over two seasons, Virtanen left Accies by mutual consent on 9 January 2023.[9]
Following his release from Hamilton, Virtanen returned to the north-east of Scotland to sign for Scottish Championship side Cove Rangers on a deal until the end of the season.[10] Virtanen was released in May 2023 with Cove Rangers relegated from the Scottish Championship.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aberdeen U21 | 2018–19 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 2019–20 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Arbroath (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cove Rangers | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 1 | |||