| Walter Viitala | |
| Birth Date: | 1992 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Inter Turku |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Youthclubs1: | PPJ Eira |
| Years1: | 2010–2015 |
| Clubs1: | FC Honka |
| Caps1: | 52 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2011 |
| Clubs2: | → HIFK (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Pallohonka |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs4: | IFK Mariehamn |
| Caps4: | 41 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs5: | Viborg FF |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | Malmö FF |
| Caps6: | 2 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs7: | Sandefjord |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs8: | SJK |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2022– |
| Clubs9: | Inter Turku |
| Caps9: | 20 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2008 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U-16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2009 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U-17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam3: | Finland U-19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2012 |
| Nationalteam4: | Finland U-20 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam5: | Finland U-21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam6: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps6: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 29 May 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 January 2019 |
Walter Viitala (born 9 January 1992) is a Finnish footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Inter Turku.[1] [2]
On 15 December 2016, Viitala signed a 2.5-year contract with Viborg FF on a free transfer from IFK Mariehamn. He made his debut in a 1–0 victory against AaB on 8 April 2017.
On 11 August 2018 Viitala signed for Swedish champions Malmö FF. He signed a short-term contract for the rest of the year to replace injured back-up goalkeeper Fredrik Andersson.[3] [4] He made his first appearance for Malmö FF on 23 September 2018, when he replaced an injured Johan Dahlin at halftime in a 4–0 victory over Kalmar FF.[5] He made his first start a week later in a 0–0 draw against GIF Sundsvall.
On 2 December 2021, he joined Inter Turku on a two-year contract.[6]
In November 2016, Viitala received his first call-up to the senior Finland squad for the match against Ukraine.[7] He made a debut on 9 January 2017 in a 1–0 win against Morocco in Al Ain.[8]
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| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| HIFK (loan) | 2011 | Ykkönen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Pallohonka | 2012 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| FC Honka | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2013 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | |||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |||
| Viborg FF | 2016–17 | Superliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6[9] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1st Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| Malmö FF | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 134 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 164 | 0 | |||
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