| Santeri Haarala | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Tampere, Finland |
| Height: | 1.80m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Djurgården |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| Youthclubs1: | Ilves |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Ilves |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | → HJS (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | RoPS |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | RoPS II |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs5: | Ilves II |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | TPS |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | KuPS |
| Caps7: | 39 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs8: | Ilves |
| Caps8: | 43 |
| Goals8: | 18 |
| Years9: | 2024– |
| Clubs9: | Djurgården |
| Caps9: | 11 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 10 November 2024 |
Santeri Haarala (born 17 December 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Allsvenskan club Djurgården.
On 7 August 2019, Haarala left Ilves to join a fellow Veikkausliiga club Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) on a contract for the rest of 2019.[1] He suffered a groin injury and managed to play only one game with the first team before a surgery. His contract was not extended and left the club at the end of the year.[2] Eventually, his recovery from the injury lasted almost eight months.[3]
After a short spell with the reserve team of his former club Ilves in the third-tier Kakkonen, Haarala joined Veikkausliiga club TPS in August 2020 on a deal for the rest of the season.[4]
After a two-year stint with Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Veikkausliiga, Haarala returned to his former club Ilves for the 2023 season, and on 29 February 2024 he signed a new three-year deal with the club.[5]
On 22 August 2024, Haarala joined Allsvenskan club Djurgården on a three-and-a-half-year contract,[6] for a significant undisclosed fee.[7] [8] [9] Three days later, in his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården, Haarala provided an assist to a winning goal, in a 1–0 away win over Sirius.[10] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 September, in a 2–1 win over BK Häcken.[11]
Haarala was never part of Finland youth national teams at any age level.[3]
On 2 September 2024, he received his first call-up to the Finland senior national team by the head coach Markku Kanerva, as a replacement to Daniel Håkans, for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B matches against Greece and England.[12]
Haarala meditates frequently in his everyday life.[13]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Ilves II | 2016 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Kolmonen | 20 | 7 | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | |||||
| 2018 | Kolmonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |||
| Ilves | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| HJS (loan) | 2018 | Kakkonen | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | ||||
| RoPS | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| RoPS II | 2019 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ilves II | 2020 | Kakkonen | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | ||||
| TPS | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | ||||
| KuPS | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | 0 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 8 | |||
| Ilves | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 18 | ||
| Total | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 29 | |||
| Djurgården | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 172 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 223 | 62 | |||
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